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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 6 m 0.5-29.995 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 6 m 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output 1 W SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 4 A 400 mA
TX ? 20 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 197x in Japan Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 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
Accessories ? ? Accessories for the ID-51E/ID-31E such as battery packs and microphones can be used
MPN ICOM-FDAM-000003 ICOM-IC-000732 ICOM-ID-000052A