{"id":55298,"date":"2023-01-11T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55298"},"modified":"2023-01-10T21:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T01:43:50","slug":"video-nick-explores-the-benchmark-icom-ic-r9500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/video-nick-explores-the-benchmark-icom-ic-r9500\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Nick explores the benchmark Icom IC-R9500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55334\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2-1024x508.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2-768x381.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-2-624x309.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hello Thomas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I recently got a new Icom 9500 and have made several in depth videos on it for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-u8_f7avUHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my YouTube channel<\/a> including multiple direct comparisons to other premium receivers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here is the main overview video:<\/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\/-u8_f7avUHg?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\/-u8_f7avUHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55335\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-300x117.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-1024x398.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-768x298.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icom-IC-R9500-624x242.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Thank you for sharing this, Nick. The IC-R9500 is an impressive receiver indeed!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: Hello Thomas I recently got a new Icom 9500 and have made several in depth videos on it for my YouTube channel including multiple direct comparisons to other premium receivers. Here is the main overview video: Click here to view on YouTube. Thank you for [&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":[3,129,43,154,304],"tags":[8884,8760,4082],"class_list":["post-55298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-videos","tag-icom-ic-r9500","tag-nick-booras","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-enU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47855,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/lemons-into-lemonade-nick-is-taking-advantage-of-texas-power-outage-to-play-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":0},"title":"Lemons into Lemonade: Nick is taking advantage of Texas power outage to play radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I am stuck in the house in Texas, bored and with no power. So I decided to make a couple videos with my phone. One nice thing about a power outage... no RFI [Radio Frequency Interference]. This Icom 705 is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44954,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/nick-compares-the-icom-r9000-harris-590-wj-8711-and-racal-6790\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":1},"title":"Nick compares the Icom R9000, Harris 590, WJ 8711, and Racal 6790","author":"Thomas","date":"August 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who shares the following video and notes: As a SW listener and radio collector I have enjoyed many hours perusing your blog and reviews. I recently started posting YouTube videos of some of my collection and thought you and your viewers might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45974,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/matt-compares-the-tecsun-pl-990-to-the-icom-ic-r9500-on-an-external-antenna-and-the-results-are-surprising\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":2},"title":"Matt compares the Tecsun PL-990 to the Icom IC-R9500 on an external antenna and the results are surprising","author":"Thomas","date":"October 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze, who shares the following comparison of the new Tecsun PL-990x and the benchmark Icom IC-R9500 communications receiver. Matt's excellent comparison\u00a0 is in audio form. I highly recommend listening with headphones or, at least, an audio device with separate left\/right channels as his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25324,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/video-icom-ic-r8600-sync-detector-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":3},"title":"Video: Icom IC-R8600 sync detector in action","author":"Thomas Witherspoon","date":"April 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares the following: For your listening pleasure. Here is the best video yet showing the Icom IC-R8600\u2019s Sync Detector in use. Sounds like Icom \u201cfinally\u201d got the Sync Detector performance right with the R8600. Appears to greatly reduce fading distortion,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53787,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/video-nicks-initial-review-of-the-eton-elite-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":4},"title":"Video: Nick&#8217;s initial review of the Eton Elite Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I bought [an Eton Elite Satellit] on Amazon and received it today. 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I have made several radio videos on YouTube recently and your audience may enjoy them. https:\/\/youtu.be\/RnwBZyqNNEE Click here to view\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46366,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/matts-marathon-mediumwave-matchup\/","url_meta":{"origin":55298,"position":5},"title":"Matt&#8217;s Marathon MediumWave Matchup","author":"Thomas","date":"November 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze (WB2SRI), who shares the following guest post: Matt's Marathon MediumWave Matchup by Matt Blaze Here's another simultaneous receiver comparison, this time of ten portable medium wave receivers plus the Icom IC-R9500 (as a \"reference receiver\"). 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