{"id":52646,"date":"2022-05-04T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52646"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:30:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:30:58","slug":"the-icom-ic-705-giuseppes-pairs-his-new-radio-with-his-homebrew-crossloop-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/the-icom-ic-705-giuseppes-pairs-his-new-radio-with-his-homebrew-crossloop-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"The Icom IC-705: Giuseppe&#8217;s pairs his new radio with his homebrew crossloop antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45918\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2-300x126.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2-1024x429.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2-768x322.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Audio-Tests-2-624x262.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw\/\">Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW)<\/a>, who shares the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I wanted to share my new purchase with all SWLing Post friends: the Icom IC-705.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is truly a great portable QRP transceiver and a great receiver for broadcast listening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In this video, shot on my balcony at home, is the first listening test on short waves. Crystal clear audio with cathedral effect. My portable <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/giuseppes-crossed-loop-and-the-variabilone\/\">cross loop antenna<\/a> pairs very well with the IC-705.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It&#8217;s a simple video but it brings out all the listening potential of this 705.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Greetings to you and all the friends of our community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW)<\/p>\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\/U2MCNRiLUo8?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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U2MCNRiLUo8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing this, Giuseppe! I&#8217;ve found that the IC-705 has become one of my favorite portable receivers. It&#8217;s truly an amazing radio and, I believe, worth the hefty price tag.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I published <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/a-review-of-the-icom-ic-705-qrp-portable-sdr-transceiver\/\">a very favorable review of this radio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/the-icom-ic-705-is-this-really-a-new-holy-grail-swl-bcl-receiver\/\">13DKA has as well<\/a>. Also, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/giuseppe-compares-the-icom-ic-r8600-with-the-ic-705\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giuseppe Fisoni&#8217;s comparison of the IC-705 and IC-R8600<\/a>. The IC-705 is a proper enthusiast-grade radio&#8211;I would purchase it just for the receiver functionality. Being a ham radio operator, I also take the IC-705 to the field very regularly&#8211;I post many of my <a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2022\/02\/video-a-complete-pota-field-activation-from-planning-scheduling-to-qrt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">field reports<\/a> on QRPer.com. Recently, we&#8217;ve posted a number of articles about protecting the IC-705 <a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2022\/05\/jims-icom-ic-705-travel-kit-housed-in-a-nanuk-915-rugged-waterproof-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during travels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/qrper.com\/2022\/04\/scotts-icom-ic-705-shock-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the field<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you again for sharing this, Giuseppe!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas, I wanted to share my new purchase with all SWLing Post friends: the Icom IC-705. It is truly a great portable QRP transceiver and a great receiver for broadcast listening. In this video, shot on my balcony at home, is the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[545,3,129,43,154,304],"tags":[5791,7978,7977,8887,4093],"class_list":["post-52646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-videos","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw","tag-ic-705","tag-icom-ic-705","tag-icom-ic-705-receiver-test","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dH8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52762,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/how-giuseppe-protects-his-icom-ic-705-during-travels\/","url_meta":{"origin":52646,"position":0},"title":"How Giuseppe protects his Icom IC-705 during travels","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas and Friends, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) here from Formia, central Italy. This my latest video is about everything I have done to protect and transport my Icom IC-705. I bought an aluminum case, light and very resistant with everything one needs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Field Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Field Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/field-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IC-705-dsplay-angle-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IC-705-dsplay-angle-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IC-705-dsplay-angle-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IC-705-dsplay-angle-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52709,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/giuseppes-ponza-island-dxpedition-with-the-icom-ic-705\/","url_meta":{"origin":52646,"position":1},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s Ponza Island DXpedition with the Icom IC-705","author":"Thomas","date":"May 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following guest post: Report from Ponza Island: May 6-9, 2022 by Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) Ciao Thomas and Friends at the SWLing Post! This is the summary of 3 days of testing of my Icom IC-705 just purchased and immediately\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DX&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ponza-Italy-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ponza-Italy-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ponza-Italy-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ponza-Italy-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ponza-Italy-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54069,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/giuseppe-demonstrates-his-homemade-minimal-long-distance-dipole\/","url_meta":{"origin":52646,"position":2},"title":"Giuseppe Demonstrates his homemade &#8220;Minimal Long-Distance Dipole&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from Formia, central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. This time I want to show you 2 QRP connections made with minimal antenna over long distance and very few\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giuseppe-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giuseppe-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giuseppe-1-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giuseppe-1-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giuseppe-1-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45778,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/shortwave-listening-in-the-field-with-the-icom-ic-705-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":52646,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave listening in the field with the Icom IC-705 transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"October 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I took the new Icom IC-705 to the field for another Parks On the Air (POTA) activation. 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