{"id":44954,"date":"2020-08-21T07:27:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T11:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44954"},"modified":"2020-08-21T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:36:15","slug":"nick-compares-the-icom-r9000-harris-590-wj-8711-and-racal-6790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/nick-compares-the-icom-r9000-harris-590-wj-8711-and-racal-6790\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick compares the Icom R9000, Harris 590, WJ 8711, and Racal 6790"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44956\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg 895w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11-300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11-768x407.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11-624x330.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Nick Booras, who shares the following video and notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a SW listener and radio collector I have enjoyed many hours perusing your blog and reviews. I recently started posting YouTube videos of some of my collection and thought you and your viewers might find them interesting. Please take a look at my youtube channel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_s3zTVpAjMAsexZOu98JfQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dieselten01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My most recent vid included some pretty cool older surveillance type receivers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGYhgkxDoRA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those are fabulous receivers! Thank you for sharing your video, Nick! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_s3zTVpAjMAsexZOu98JfQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to check out Nick&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who shares the following video and notes: As a SW listener and radio collector I have enjoyed many hours perusing your blog and reviews. I recently started posting YouTube videos of some of my collection and thought you and your viewers might find them interesting. Please take [&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":[3,26,43],"tags":[8761,8759,8760,8762,2748,155,4093,816],"class_list":["post-44954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-harris-rf-590","tag-icom-r9000","tag-nick-booras","tag-racal-6790","tag-radio-comparison","tag-radio-reviews","tag-videos","tag-wj-8711"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bH4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54192,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/nick-explores-the-skanti-r8001-and-compares-with-yaesu-ft-dx101mp-wj-8711\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":0},"title":"Nick explores the Skanti R8001 and compares with Yaesu FT-DX101MP &#038; WJ-8711","author":"Thomas","date":"October 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Nick Booras, who writes: Hi Thomas I just picked up a new to me radio that [is] very rare in the US. I loved it so much I did a comparison to an 8711 and a FTDX101MP. The Skanti presented very well. Video https:\/\/youtu.be\/64Uyz3BtGBk Click\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skanti2-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55298,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/video-nick-explores-the-benchmark-icom-ic-r9500\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":1},"title":"Video: Nick explores the benchmark Icom IC-R9500","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: Hello Thomas I recently got a new Icom 9500 and have made several in depth videos on it for my YouTube channel including multiple direct comparisons to other premium receivers. Here is the main overview video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/-u8_f7avUHg Click here to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49045,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/videos-nick-explores-synchronous-detection-and-the-racal-6217\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":2},"title":"Videos: Nick explores synchronous detection and the Racal 6217","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Boras, who shares the following: I was motivated by one of Tom Styles videos (hamrad88) about Sync detection to make one of my own. It is no secret that Tecsun offers Sync on several of their radios but only the 660 and 680\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Racal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Racal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Racal.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Racal.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Racal.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47855,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/lemons-into-lemonade-nick-is-taking-advantage-of-texas-power-outage-to-play-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":3},"title":"Lemons into Lemonade: Nick is taking advantage of Texas power outage to play radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I am stuck in the house in Texas, bored and with no power. So I decided to make a couple videos with my phone. One nice thing about a power outage... no RFI [Radio Frequency Interference]. This Icom 705 is\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\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56251,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/comparing-the-watkins-johnson-wj-8711-wj-8712-with-ten-tec-rx-340-rx-331-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":4},"title":"Comparing the Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711 &#038; WJ-8712 with TEN-TEC RX-340 &#038; RX-331 receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"April 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani, who shares the following guest post: The WJ-8711 & WJ-8712 vs. Ten-Tec RX-340 & RX-331 Receivers by Paolo Viappiani, Carrara, Italy In recent years, a renewed interest has grown in regards to the best HF receivers using \"first generation\" DSPs, typically the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48255,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/nick-acquires-a-harris-rf-505a-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":44954,"position":5},"title":"Nick acquires a Harris RF 505A receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"March 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I just picked up a Harris 505A and I made a couple videos your viewers might like. 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