{"id":49271,"date":"2021-06-15T06:41:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T10:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49271"},"modified":"2022-10-28T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:26:43","slug":"guest-post-dikeside-icom-ic-705-rx-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/guest-post-dikeside-icom-ic-705-rx-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Dikeside Icom IC-705 RX action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a013dka<\/a>, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The IC-705 in action at the dike<\/h1>\n

by 13dka<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I got the IC-705 in late October 2020, I didn’t get that much chance to enjoy it at the dike: After a couple of initial tests and 2 nightly “FYBO” MW DX sessions in November, a way too long and wet winter struck the German North Sea coast, with nighttime temperatures recovering to 2-digit Celsius figures only in the past few weeks. I took the opportunity to do more experiments with loops, preamps and a phasing unit to improve the RFI-stricken reception at home, so I could at least listen to European hams on 80 and 40m raving about their new 705s and start to write my own musings about that lovely little radio, recently posted here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SSB DX<\/h1>\n

June 1st, 202<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, acceptable temperatures at night! But they come with a downside: When I connected the vertical around 8:00pm (local time), it was still almost 2 hours before sunset and a lot of thunderstorms in Europe made even 14 MHz very noisy, my hopes for some nice catches were immediately taking a dive. A short scan of the bands brought up nothing special, the only notable thing being the CB and 10m bands being moderately open. I should’ve known better: As soon as the sun splashed into the ocean, grayline propagation worked its magic!<\/p>\n

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Grayline while receiving Japan, June 1st<\/p><\/div>\n

As the image probably hints, a couple of Japanese “big guns” produced some nice, comfy signals on the monopole, in addition to the South American and Carribbean stations usually booming in here!<\/p>\n