Icom IC R20 Review part 1

[@andypalm7061]

Nice job on all these topics. I have this unit. Also the very old IC-R1. I love the quality of them. This is a great resource for the R20. Thanks for the effort!

[@IcomR8500R20]

These receivers are updated regularly ..so it's possible that some early models were with some problems... 73

[@monitoringreviews]

Very good review. I want to buy the R20 very soon. Thank you.

[@moisestorrespe]

Just question... is this machine trunking?? Like uniden or gre?? is beautiful.

[@jacktoffeesurrey]

i am right in thinking this can be used to check for Rf bugs too and scan an area looking for signals ?

[@Matala67]

Can it be used as an effective police scanner?? Is it capable of trunking and can it employ the use of GPS for the purpose of scanning the local emergency frequencies?

[@JustMeZero988]

Hi and hoping you can help? Years ago, I had a realistic pro 2006 and I could put in two frequencies and it would search between the two of them looping around. I want to do this with my R20 radio I have bought but I can’t find anything on how to do this??? I can get it to start searching, but it just keeps going and going for ages. I want it to search between to numbers I put in and not the whole range of the scanner. Is this possible and if so, could you explain it, or do a video on how to do it. Many thanks

[@IcomR8500R20]

Maybe you had a problem with the one you had....mine is very sensitive to almost all frequency range... it tends to drop above about 2.5 Ghz... depends on what you want to listen to.. 73's

[@henryariashj5hen322]

Hi! Where can I get an IC-R20 in good condition? Thank you!

[@Waydenz271]

Do you have a antenna you use for Airband? Nice work on the vid thanks heaps!

[@Hunter-xy6qq]

Keep up the great work Lad.

[@VOXS2]

I think these models where made in 2005 ? but has continue making them exact one. Unless there are more features been added now then when they first invented this one years ago.

[@elmin2323]

Can you listen to Hf aviation? Eg 8867 13261 etc?

[@perseus068]

Well, this is what I found on a spanish forum: Signal generator RF Marconi 2022C recently calibrated. 200,000 Mhz = -113dBm = -6dBu = 0,5uV 225,000 " = -113dBm = -6dBu = 0,5uV 250,000 " = -106dBm = +1dBu = 1,121uV 275,000 " = -91dBm = +16dBu = 6,30uV 299,995 " = -73dBm = +34dBu = 50,1uV Looks like some older models (that post dated back to 2009) were as deaf as fence posts at UHF mil bands. 73s

[@TheDan4279]

can you tag the name frequency

[@IcomR8500R20]

yes you can

[@johncunningham5435]

Very nice radio; unfortunately they are no longer available.

[@ciasteczkowypotwooor]

Nastepny komentator.

[@IcomR8500R20]

No truking on this radio ... this is not a scanner .. but a communications receiver ... so does not serve the same purpose as a scanner. if you local police is not trunked... yes it will scan the police channels very well ...

[@IcomR8500R20]

it still is beeing made as we speak ...

[@microwave-vh2uc]

i thought this was a review?

[@danabachor8064]

wir sind nicht doof und du redest zuviel.