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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ±2.5 p.p.m. (–20℃ to +60℃ on the basis of 25℃)
Tuning steps ? 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: <0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
? FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity AM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: >15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: >2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output 100 W 10-100 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 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 1.2-1.5 A ? 400 mA
TX Max 20 A 20 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 16 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 ? All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
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-IC-000725 ICOM-IC-000745 ICOM-ID-000052E