{"id":822,"date":"2022-04-20T21:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=822"},"modified":"2022-04-25T08:10:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:10:46","slug":"ic-705-and-efhw-vertical-for-20m-dx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":"IC-705 and EFHW Vertical for 20m = DX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My new IC-705 next to my MacBook Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My IC-705 and AH-705 arrived today from ML&S, I wasted no time getting it hooked up to an antenna and started working my way through the manual getting to know the menu system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few hours tinkering I piped up on 20m SSB and worked a couple of stations with ease using 10w. No problems getting through and to my surprise got a 5\/9 report from both stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the evening I decided to give it a go on 20m FT8 using just 5w O\/P using the battery on the back of the radio that was now fully charged. It’s interesting to note that I didn’t need any drivers on my MacBook Pro to use the CAT and Audio via USB on the IC-705. It was simply plug and go. Much easier than it was with the FTDX10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a fair amount of DX about on 20m including a few stations from Australia and Japan. I never managed to get a response back from either but, PSKReporter was showing that I was heard!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PSKReporter showing M0AWS being heard by BG7BDB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also noticed that a station in China was hearing me too. BG7BDB in LinXiang City reported hearing me at -17dB. I quickly hunted around the waterfall and found him and gave a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To my amazement he came straight back to me and we exchanged SNR reports, 73 and he was in the log.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WSJT-X FT8 contact with BG7BDB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Looking at my WSJT-X log<\/a> the distance to BG7BDB is 5467 Miles, at 5w O\/P that equates to 0.91mW\/Mile!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FT8 really is an impressive mode, it allows QRP stations to work the DX that just wouldn’t be possible on SSB. I have to say I’m really impressed with the Icom IC-705. The receiver and filtering isn’t as good as my Yaesu FTDX10 but, it’s an impressive little package. Portable operations with this radio is going to be a lot of fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My IC-705 and AH-705 arrived today from ML&S, I wasted no time getting it hooked up to an antenna and started working my way through the manual getting to know the menu system. After a few hours tinkering I piped up on 20m SSB and worked a couple of stations with ease using 10w. No … <\/p>\n

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