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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-2.7 / 2.7-4.7 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity Better than 10 µV FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? FM: 55 dB
N-FM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection Better than 90 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX 70 mA @ 100-150 VAC 400 mA
TX - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 430 × 220 × 250 mm
(16.93 × 8.66 × 9.84 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 4154 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage 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 EDDYSTONE-000909A ICOM-ID-000052A