Julian knows how to make radios perform under real world conditions, and he calls things like they are. If you want to follow someone who's really putting the IC-705 through it's paces, I recommend you subscribe to OH8STN's YouTube channel. Suffice to say, there are plenty of " This is the bestest radio everrr made! I wub it sooo, sooo much!" reviews out there. I won't waste your time by covering things all the other slobbering fanboys are writing or video blogging about. This is just an opening post on what I'm sure will be a series of write-ups on the IC-705. The radio is less a transceiver than it is a communications instrument - a high grade tool that provides most of the features needed to effectively communicate by any mode, under any conditions, at any location. To say I'm impressed by the radio, particularly on digital modes, would be an understatement. I've spent almost three weeks with the IC-705 now, learning its features and testing it in a controlled environment. My IC-705 sitting on the Nifty Accessories stand (discussed below)
But their review of the IC-705 is as close to an "oh hell yeah!" cheer as we're likely to see from them.
I trust the ARRL test lab they don't do fawning endorsements. Icom had to go and knock this one out of the park. I had been waiting for a reputable test lab to run the numbers on this rig, almost hoping a major flaw would be revealed that would cause me to hold on to my money and keep my venerable FT-818 in service a little longer.īut nooooo.
I think what pushed me over the edge was the ARRL review of the little radio in the February issue of QST Magazine. they get it right, and Icom got it real right with the IC-705.Ī few weeks ago my piggy bank got full enough that I could afford to go out and buy an IC-705. UPDATE: after reading this review, please read the follow up post The IC-705 Reassessed
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