{"id":45778,"date":"2020-10-06T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45778"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:23:13","slug":"shortwave-listening-in-the-field-with-the-icom-ic-705-transceiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/shortwave-listening-in-the-field-with-the-icom-ic-705-transceiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave listening in the field with the Icom IC-705 transceiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yesterday, I took the new Icom IC-705<\/strong> to the field for another Parks On the Air (POTA) activation. My goal at this particular activation was to make a couple of posts for QRPer.com<\/strong>: first, to test the new mAT-705 ATU on loan from Vibroplex<\/a>, and secondly, make a short video about full break-in CW operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also wanted to do a little shortwave listening after completing the activation. I had no idea what propagation would be like, but thought I’d tune around below the 20 meter band where the antenna was currently resonant.<\/p>\n

I deployed the CHA Emcomm III Portable<\/a> random wire antenna which, I must say, is a superb shortwave listening antenna for the field. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Since you can’t see the antenna in the first photo below, I marked up the second one. \"\"<\/a>The blue line represents the 73′ radiator, and the green line the counterpoise:
\n\"\"<\/a>Here’s the short video I made around the 22 meter band:<\/p>\n