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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5 p.p.m. (–20℃ to +60℃ on the basis of 25℃) ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 150 kHz - 1309 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-AM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
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Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 750 mW Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna SMA SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external 9-15 V DC
Current RX ? 400 mA 550 mA
TX - 2.5 A max 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 201x in Australia Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight ? 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 1300 channels in bank(s) 4154 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS/GLONASS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
2.3" colour display
Bluetooth enabled
Waterfall display
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
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Accessories ? Accessories for the ID-51E/ID-31E such as battery packs and microphones can be used ?
MPN GME-RX001300 ICOM-ID-000052A XIEGU-X006100