{"id":45904,"date":"2020-10-10T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45904"},"modified":"2020-10-10T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:37:13","slug":"participate-in-our-icom-ic-705-blind-receiver-test-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/participate-in-our-icom-ic-705-blind-receiver-test-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Participate in our Icom IC-705 Blind Receiver Test #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been asked by a number of readers to do a blind audio\/receiver test of the new Icom IC-705<\/strong> transceiver. I’m happy to say I’ve started the process today.<\/p>\n

Instead of publishing one long survey with multiple types of recordings (AM, SSB, CW, etc.) as I’ve done in the past, I’ve decided to create a post for each test. This will make the process of completing the survey much easier. Additionally, it won’t require that you respond to each test in order to submit your pick.<\/p>\n

Test #1: 40 meters SSB<\/h1>\n

In this first test we’ll listen to the IC-705, and two other radios, tuned to a weak 40 meter station in lower sideband (LSB) mode. Specifically, this is ham radio operator W3JPH activating Shikellamy State Park in Pennsylvania for the Parks On The Air program. I like this test because it includes a weak station calling CQ and both weak and strong stations replying. There are also adjacent signals which (in some recordings) bleed over into the audio. Each recording is roughly the same length (5 minutes).<\/p>\n

I’ve done my best to match these radios in terms of audio and receiver settings, but it’s certainly not perfect–these are essentially real world, not<\/em> laboratory conditions.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/h1>\n