{"id":39390,"date":"2019-09-01T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39390"},"modified":"2019-09-01T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T19:10:17","slug":"could-the-icom-ic-705-be-a-shortwave-listeners-holy-grail-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/could-the-icom-ic-705-be-a-shortwave-listeners-holy-grail-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the Icom IC-705 be a shortwave listener&#8217;s Holy Grail receiver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39392\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg 597w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just published <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/the-new-icom-ic-705-qrp-portable-backpackable-transceiver\/\">an announcement about the new Icom IC-705 portable transceiver<\/a>, but omitted an important question for <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>How well could the IC-705 serve shortwave listeners and DXers?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keeping in mind that the IC-705 is not yet in production, we can only go by the features and few specifications Icom has revealed so far.<\/p>\n<p>Since the IC-705 is a general coverage receiver with a frequency range from 0.5 to 148 MHz, it covers all of the shortwave bands and more.<\/p>\n<p>We also know the IC-705 is based on the same direct-sampling architecture as the excellent <strong>IC-7300<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/a-review-of-the-icom-ic-7300-direct-rf-sampling-transceiver\/\">(click here for our review<\/a>), thus I expect the IC-705 will sport a capable receiver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39384 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Icom&#8217;s other direct-sampling radios have excellent sensitivity and selectivity, so I assume the IC-705 could as well.\u00a0 I would also hope that, like the IC-7300, the AM bandwidth could be widened for full-fidelity AM audio&#8211;this has been one of the few criticisms I&#8217;ve had using the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx3-a-world-class-transceiver-superb-shortwave-receiver\/\">Elecraft KX3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx2-general-coverage-qrp-transceiver\/\">KX2<\/a> for shortwave listening.<\/p>\n<p>The IC-705 sports other features that could make it an outstanding package for for DXers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has built-in audio recording to a MicroSD card. <em><strong>(Woo hoo!)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>It has a useful, full-color, configurable spectrum and waterfall display<\/li>\n<li>It uses the same BP-272 Li-ion Battery pack as the ID-51 and ID-31 series handy talkies. In receive-only, I would expect long battery-powered listening sessions. Of course, you can also plug in an external 13.8 V battery to increase off-grid listening time.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s incredibly portable and lightweight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short, the IC-705 has all of the makings of a fully self-contained shortwave listening station&#8211;a grab-and-go DXpedition-grade rig. The IC-705 even has an (optional) custom Icom backpack!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39394\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-LC-192-Backpack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39394\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-LC-192-Backpack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-LC-192-Backpack.jpg 468w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-LC-192-Backpack-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Icom LC-192 backpack (Source: Universal Radio)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just hope the IC-705 performs as well as its larger siblings and that its price is competitive.<\/p>\n<p>Again, I plan to review the IC-705 once it&#8217;s released and in production. Both pricing and shipping are yet to be announced. Follow the tag <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ic-705\">IC-705<\/a><\/strong> for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just published an announcement about the new Icom IC-705 portable transceiver, but omitted an important question for SWLing Post readers: How well could the IC-705 serve shortwave listeners and DXers? Keeping in mind that the IC-705 is not yet in production, we can only go by the features and few specifications Icom has revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,43],"tags":[7978,2884,7977,7981],"class_list":["post-39390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ic-705","tag-icom","tag-icom-ic-705","tag-icom-ic-705-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-afk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44406,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/new-icom-ic-705-videos-and-few-answers-to-your-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":39390,"position":0},"title":"New Icom IC-705 videos and few answers to your questions","author":"Thomas","date":"July 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been getting a number of inquiries from readers lately about the new, yet-to-be-released, Icom IC-705 QRP portable transceiver. Here are a few quick answers to frequent reader questions: \"Will you review the IC-705?\" Yes, I certainly will. If the loaner unit from Icom has a long lead time, I'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52646,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/the-icom-ic-705-giuseppes-pairs-his-new-radio-with-his-homebrew-crossloop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":39390,"position":1},"title":"The Icom IC-705: Giuseppe&#8217;s pairs his new radio with his homebrew crossloop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"May 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas, I wanted to share my new purchase with all SWLing Post friends: the Icom IC-705. It is truly a great portable QRP transceiver and a great receiver for broadcast listening. In this video, shot on my balcony\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45909,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/icom-ic-705-blind-receiver-test-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":39390,"position":2},"title":"Icom IC-705 Blind Receiver Test #2","author":"Thomas","date":"October 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Test #2: 40 meters CW In this second test (click here for #1) we\u2019ll listen to the Icom IC-705, and one other comparable radio, tuned to a 40 meter CW station. Each recording is roughly the same length (2 minutes). I\u2019ve done my best to match these radios in terms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icom IC-705","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-2829-scaled-e1602354397783.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-2829-scaled-e1602354397783.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-2829-scaled-e1602354397783.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-2829-scaled-e1602354397783.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-2829-scaled-e1602354397783.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49089,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/icom-ic-7300-and-ic-705-swl-frequency-files\/","url_meta":{"origin":39390,"position":3},"title":"Icom IC-7300 and IC-705 SWL frequency files?","author":"Thomas","date":"June 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave, who writes asking if any Icom IC-705 or IC-7300 owners have created a database of SWL frequencies that could be imported into memory. I think this is a great idea as both transceivers are quite capable shortwave listening receivers. If you have a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/icom-ic-705-lets-see-how-long-itll-receive-with-supplied-bp-272-li-ion-battery-pack\/","url_meta":{"origin":39390,"position":4},"title":"Icom IC-705: Let&#8217;s see how long it&#8217;ll receive with supplied BP-272 Li-ion battery pack","author":"Thomas","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The shortwave radio listener part of me might actually be more excited about the Icom IC-705 than the ham radio operator part of me. The IC-705 has a number of features for ham radio operators who also enjoy broadcast listening. 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