{"id":44989,"date":"2020-08-24T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T11:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44989"},"modified":"2020-08-24T07:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T11:43:42","slug":"phillip-loves-the-icom-ic-r30-but-frustrated-with-mono-audio-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/phillip-loves-the-icom-ic-r30-but-frustrated-with-mono-audio-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip loves the Icom IC-R30, but frustrated with mono audio out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phillip Novak, who writes:<\/p>\n

A question or perhaps comment on the Icom IC-R30 that I\u2019m hoping SWLing Post readers might shed some light on.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a very new and extremely pleased owner of one of these units for the past 2 weeks. Aside from receive capability, usability is a big deal for me and this thing has proven to be a joy! The menus, buttons and build quality just feel great and frankly, I\u2019m pretty happy about having made the \u201cinvestment\u201d.<\/p>\n

So, it was with great excitement that my wife and I have the week off at the cottage – more so for me, as I was looking to really break the R30 in while sitting on the lake shore.<\/p>\n

And then …. I was extremely disappointed to find out that the r30 headphone jack is mono (just like the IC-R6 that I already owned). On top of that, the jack is slightly recessed into the body of the unit, which renders the mono-to-stereo split adapter useless! (I really thought they would have changed it!)<\/p>\n

Someone, please enlighten me as to why Icom would choose a mono plug!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s funny you mention the recessed plug as I had the same issue with a portable recently–the audio out port was recessed to the point that only the provided cheap earphones would fit!<\/p>\n

Perhaps SWLing Post<\/em> readers and IC-R30 owners can provide you with a simple solution? Of course, you can always purchase or build a mono-to-stereo adapter<\/a> or patch cord–one with a slim profile to fit in the IC-R30 audio port recess (that’s the tough part, of course). But perhaps there are even earphones that have this functionality built-in? I honestly don’t know. Any ideas, readers? Please comment.<\/a><\/p>\n

And, Phillip, we’d welcome your review of the IC-R30!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phillip Novak, who writes: A question or perhaps comment on the Icom IC-R30 that I\u2019m hoping SWLing Post readers might shed some light on. I\u2019m a very new and extremely pleased owner of one of these units for the past 2 weeks. Aside from receive capability, usability is a […]<\/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":[3,26,5803,43],"tags":[5375,2884,5377,8770],"class_list":["post-44989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-scanners","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ic-r30","tag-icom","tag-icom-ic-r30","tag-phillip-novak"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bHD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33395,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/dave-reviews-the-icom-ic-r30-handheld-wide-band-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":44989,"position":0},"title":"Dave reviews the Icom IC-R30 Handheld Wide Band Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"August 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that he has published his comprehensive review of the Icom IC-R30 handheld wideband receiver. 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