GENE is your GENEral Coverage Receiver. Lets you tune to any frequency the radio can receive, such as for shortwave listening. It's not tied to any specific ham band, it's going to give you at least 0.x MHz up to 30 MHz and probably more above that too. The default frequency (15.000) is a time signal beacon, that's what you were hearing.
GENE is General Coverage. The battery comes 70% charged. You have to push the battery in hard so the tabs click. On external power the battery will show charging when mounted.
To me it's odd there's no way to charge the battery as you mention and then giving you a dc plug going to two bare wires. Out fo the box you don't have a way to charge it without work on your end (install powerpoles etc) Even most HT's that I've owned at least have a wall wart to plug in and charge the radio. Nitpicky but odd. Manfrotto.... amazing products.
I would have purchased this rig to replace my IC-9100 if it provided 100 watts on HF, VHF, and UHF. Hopefully, Icom comes out with a replacement for it.
Jason, here is a video suggestion: The IC-705 power output drops quickly as the voltage of the EXTERNAL battery decreases. At 13.0v, power starts decreasing from 10 watts. At 12v, power is down to about 8.5w, and at 11v, transmit power is back down to 5w, even on the external supply. Lead/SLA/AGM batteries exhibit drops in voltage pretty quickly in their discharge cycle. On the contrary, LiFeSo4 (eg: Bioenno) hold their voltage above 13v through much of their discharge cycle. Conclusion: If you want to maintain full output power on an external battery, you'd better use a LiFeSo4 battery with the IC-705 and NOT anything lead-based. You should test and verify this. It's an important result. 73, de W5NED.
Pretty much true of any radio running on any battery, internal or external. Lots of HTs will see a power output drop as the battery drops from 100%, to 60%, and so on. But good suggestion, nonetheless. I was already thinking about doing a power output test so I'll see if I can work in these steps with it.
@@HamRadio2 Watching this unboxing was kind of rough not going to lie.. Calling the voice compressor a "compensator" Talking into the radio when using the SWR testing function and even changing the transmit mode to see if the SWR changes when Its the same test no matter the mode and there is NO VOICE THREWPUT on the SWR test.. Makes you look like you probably don't know what your doing..
Amazing radio, no doubt. Aesthetics lacking read bad. It looks like an Ic-7300 with the back chopped off. Its portable yet there is not place to hold it from. Such a modern radio with one antenna connector? Even the Ft-817 has two. They should have charged a bit more and made some real obvious improvements. I will wait for the next version.
Thank you for this. This is helping me make my decision much easier. I noticed at around 19 minutes that on the FM side, on the menu I saw on the far right a Tone Scan button. I'm wondering does this help in setting up a tone on an unknown repeater that you've just heard. Thanks in advance or you help.
It was mentioned in the reviews of those lucky enough to have the IC-705 that the HT battery came with little or no charge on it. It was suggested that the HT battery charge for 24 hours before use. 24 hours seems a bit overkill to me but my battery had a 50% charge on it. The manual mentioned that a setting should be activated so the external HT battery charges anytime an external power source is applied. Glad to finally have this rig after waiting for 10 months. I don't plan to let my FT817ND collect dust while I use the IC-705. Rather use both to each potential. I have finally stepped into the software defined radio world. A step that I thought I would never take. I think what hooked me on the IC-705 was my Club Contest team uses three IC-7300's for contesting. Have the touch screen menu reminds me of the early HT programming days, you know, when HT's only had 16 memory slots. I liked your review. Short and to the point. I look forward to your additional videos of this sweet rig. 72 de KB8AMZ
What I really like about the IC-705 is the power supply. You don't have to have a 50 pound 13.8 v power supply sitting around taking up space you don't have. This is why I gave my TDX3000 to the local ham club when I moved into an apartment.
Power supplies of today don't weigh nearly this much anymore. Plus the 705 only runs 5w on its internal battery, but can go to 10w on an external batter or external power supply
Great video, I had read it charged the battery from USB port. Or will it charge the battery from the 12 volt power input? What is the GENE selection from the menu?
@@HamRadio2 I missed that as I got a phone just before the end of the video. I wonder if GENE in the menu of all the bands stand stands for General coverage receiver?
I normally get on those nets that are colocated with the NWS or are just ARES groups, especially during a tornado alert or any other major natural events, because I can get more information faster than watching the TV or listening to the regular radio
my 705 on 2m has a broken red square around the TX icon. I can here but I cant transmit. I have a signal stick on it...not sure whats wrong. can you help?
@@HamRadio2 the off set is 144.890 and -0.6MHz when i put in the offset with the F-INP and i hit enter, and i return to the display and the split icon is on with the 145.490, the TX is now a solid red but i am not hearing the chatter that is going on....
Hello budy, how are you? Do you know about rumors of new ICOM radios? especially RADIO MOBILE .... Thank you ... I'm very interested in the ID-5100 ... Should I expect news?
I have not heard anything about a new mobile radio, no. I kinda suspect they will have something after the ID52 drops - some type of mobile radio that will accompany that line. But right now that is just speculation on my part.
Marco Cavalari I would like to know also. I’m hesitant about getting the IC-7100 thinking there will be a color screen and waterfall version coming out.
This Radios have also VHF and UHF for Repeater Operations why not They never put a Mike with a Key pad? Also that don't Make any sense why They don't include the Battery Charger!
Got mine today. talked on 17 meters and had great reports on audio right out of the box. Great Video . Thank You Jason
Great to hear!
Mine shipped from DX Friday; should be here Tuesday. Looking forward to video. Thanks.
GENE is your GENEral Coverage Receiver. Lets you tune to any frequency the radio can receive, such as for shortwave listening. It's not tied to any specific ham band, it's going to give you at least 0.x MHz up to 30 MHz and probably more above that too. The default frequency (15.000) is a time signal beacon, that's what you were hearing.
Unboxing’s are one time experience! Defiantly keep doing them.
"GEN" General Coverage, at least my guess. Nice radio.
Got mine last week. Looking forward to 1B Field Day 2021. Definitely cool.
Perform mars mod. let us look under that plastic hood.
No kidding...
Auto Tune is for CW zero beat tuning. Unfortunately, it doesn't also auto track satellite doppler shift on FM carrier like the 9700 does.
It also has a port for an external tuner, so somehow you will need to activate that. I suspect the "tune" button does this as well.
GENE is General Coverage. The battery comes 70% charged. You have to push the battery in hard so the tabs click. On external power the battery will show charging when mounted.
Mine was not at 70% charged when I first opened the box. Other than that, your comments are accurate.
My 705 should arrive soon!
Just passed Tech...
KC1NYE!!! Yahoo a
Congrats!
@@HamRadio2 thank you !
And I love your channel, so much learning on my end from your videos... 73!
I Agree! I love unboxing videos, it helps decide if I want to buy or not!
Jason the th-74a did not have a drop in charger with the radio it was separate.
Correct, I mentioned that. Same thing with the FT3D
That radio is so cool, I'd kill for one but its well out of the budget
Give it time, it will come down in price, like all radios.
I talked to R&L and mine is shipping soon.
Great!
Nice vid and clear explanation , good job! Radio have so many pro but cons too ...
Oh no not another unboxing. : ) I wish i would have been the winner last night.
Thanks for being there anyway!
Looking forward to getting one for Christmas.
To me it's odd there's no way to charge the battery as you mention and then giving you a dc plug going to two bare wires. Out fo the box you don't have a way to charge it without work on your end (install powerpoles etc) Even most HT's that I've owned at least have a wall wart to plug in and charge the radio. Nitpicky but odd. Manfrotto.... amazing products.
The auto tune button does do something :-) It's for CW to dial in the frequency to the correct Xmit freq of the received CW carrier :-)
I suspect it also controls the external tuner, since the radio has a port for one. (also mentioned in another comment)
I would have purchased this rig to replace my IC-9100 if it provided 100 watts on HF, VHF, and UHF. Hopefully, Icom comes out with a replacement for it.
Agreed
Congrats on 50K! Odd about the 440 SWR. You keyed the repeater, would be curious to hear someone come back and give you a report.
Jason, here is a video suggestion: The IC-705 power output drops quickly as the voltage of the EXTERNAL battery decreases. At 13.0v, power starts decreasing from 10 watts. At 12v, power is down to about 8.5w, and at 11v, transmit power is back down to 5w, even on the external supply. Lead/SLA/AGM batteries exhibit drops in voltage pretty quickly in their discharge cycle. On the contrary, LiFeSo4 (eg: Bioenno) hold their voltage above 13v through much of their discharge cycle. Conclusion: If you want to maintain full output power on an external battery, you'd better use a LiFeSo4 battery with the IC-705 and NOT anything lead-based. You should test and verify this. It's an important result. 73, de W5NED.
Pretty much true of any radio running on any battery, internal or external. Lots of HTs will see a power output drop as the battery drops from 100%, to 60%, and so on.
But good suggestion, nonetheless. I was already thinking about doing a power output test so I'll see if I can work in these steps with it.
@@HamRadio2 Watching this unboxing was kind of rough not going to lie.. Calling the voice compressor a "compensator" Talking into the radio when using the SWR testing function and even changing the transmit mode to see if the SWR changes when Its the same test no matter the mode and there is NO VOICE THREWPUT on the SWR test.. Makes you look like you probably don't know what your doing..
@@Napster60 I know how to spell "you're" - that should count for something.
Amazing radio, no doubt. Aesthetics lacking read bad. It looks like an Ic-7300 with the back chopped off. Its portable yet there is not place to hold it from. Such a modern radio with one antenna connector? Even the Ft-817 has two. They should have charged a bit more and made some real obvious improvements. I will wait for the next version.
Didn’t you say in a few videos back Not to get the IC-705?
No. Had you watched the video, I made it clear what I was saying, and I also said that I had one already ordered.
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Thank you for this. This is helping me make my decision much easier. I noticed at around 19 minutes that on the FM side, on the menu I saw on the far right a Tone Scan button. I'm wondering does this help in setting up a tone on an unknown repeater that you've just heard. Thanks in advance or you help.
Yes you can scan for repeaters tones, but I haven't attempted that yet from this model.
It was mentioned in the reviews of those lucky enough to have the IC-705 that the HT battery came with little or no charge on it. It was suggested that the HT battery charge for 24 hours before use. 24 hours seems a bit overkill to me but my battery had a 50% charge on it. The manual mentioned that a setting should be activated so the external HT battery charges anytime an external power source is applied. Glad to finally have this rig after waiting for 10 months. I don't plan to let my FT817ND collect dust while I use the IC-705. Rather use both to each potential. I have finally stepped into the software defined radio world. A step that I thought I would never take. I think what hooked me on the IC-705 was my Club Contest team uses three IC-7300's for contesting. Have the touch screen menu reminds me of the early HT programming days, you know, when HT's only had 16 memory slots. I liked your review. Short and to the point. I look forward to your additional videos of this sweet rig. 72 de KB8AMZ
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What I really like about the IC-705 is the power supply. You don't have to have a 50 pound 13.8 v power supply sitting around taking up space you don't have. This is why I gave my TDX3000 to the local ham club when I moved into an apartment.
Power supplies of today don't weigh nearly this much anymore. Plus the 705 only runs 5w on its internal battery, but can go to 10w on an external batter or external power supply
Would be a perfect little rig that I would buy but why no internal tuner ☹️ so perfect with everything else except no tuner
Watch the aftermarket battery market for this radio.. I hope it gets interesting...
Yeah I might not trust that...
Great video, I had read it charged the battery from USB port. Or will it charge the battery from the 12 volt power input? What is the GENE selection from the menu?
Yes it charges from the USB port also, I mentioned that towards the end. I dunno what the GENE port is, haven't looked it up yet.
@@HamRadio2 I missed that as I got a phone just before the end of the video. I wonder if GENE in the menu of all the bands stand stands for General coverage receiver?
@@HamRadio2 Gene is General coverage receive. Its on the 7300 and most radios. 15mhz is wwv
@@russturner3454 Yes 15mhz is wwv but I haven't heard of or used Gene before
@ the end of the day its just another radio, you'll largely end up talking to the same bunch of operators who infatuate about the weather.
Yea I don't get on 2M much.
I normally get on those nets that are colocated with the NWS or are just ARES groups, especially during a tornado alert or any other major natural events, because I can get more information faster than watching the TV or listening to the regular radio
my 705 on 2m has a broken red square around the TX icon. I can here but I cant transmit. I have a signal stick on it...not sure whats wrong. can you help?
What frequency are you on?
@@HamRadio2 145.490 my local repeater. PL tone set...
@@LR-kw3vu Make sure the offset is set correctly and not taking you out of the 2M band
@@HamRadio2 the off set is 144.890 and -0.6MHz
when i put in the offset with the F-INP and i hit enter, and i return to the display and the split icon is on with the 145.490, the TX is now a solid red but i am not hearing the chatter that is going on....
Split On/ Tone Tone/P.AMP Off / DUP --0.600 FM 71.9
How much does this radio price at
Hello budy, how are you? Do you know about rumors of new ICOM radios? especially RADIO MOBILE .... Thank you ... I'm very interested in the ID-5100 ... Should I expect news?
I have not heard anything about a new mobile radio, no. I kinda suspect they will have something after the ID52 drops - some type of mobile radio that will accompany that line. But right now that is just speculation on my part.
@@HamRadio2 Ok friend .... thanks for the information .... Let's wait ... All the best and great week
Marco Cavalari I would like to know also. I’m hesitant about getting the IC-7100 thinking there will be a color screen and waterfall version coming out.
@@TwoFeatherChannel Hello, how are you? I am hoping for news soon .... Let's wait ,,,,,,, Will this year ID52 arrive in stores?
My alert came in late. Watching.
_Bravo legendo_
This Radios have also VHF and UHF for Repeater Operations why not They never put a Mike with a Key pad? Also that don't Make any sense why They don't include the Battery Charger!
Is this better than a Baofeng HT? Just kidding lol
Lol
Does GENE mean General?
Compensator ???
made in japan, shanghai i think the box is made in japan but the radio is made in china
lol@Gene
Ham Wabio Bunch
newbie here is this considered a base station or mobile or a dual purpose ?
Many Thanks
Actually neither. It can be used as either, but it meant for back-packing and QRP
@@HamRadio2 many Thanks! I will check out what QRP is about so much to learn!!
Very expensive radio for just 10 watts output. Would rather have Icom 7100 100 watts, better bang for the buck.
Agreed
73 - s56cuv