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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 225-374.995 (AM) / 380-479 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.2 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? 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 60 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 750 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 5 W High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 6-15V DC 7.4 V DC (with BP-272), 7.2 V DC (with BP-307 or 10-16 V DC external
Current RX Max 300 mA Max 590 mA 400 mA
TX Max 10 A Max 1.9 A 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 205 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.07 in)
58 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
62 × 122 × 35 mm
(2.44 × 4.80 × 1.38 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 585 gr (1.3 lbs) with BP-100 330 gr (11.6 oz) with BP-272 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 69 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 ? Triple RX 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 AZDEN-PCS-007801HN ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001E ICOM-ID-000052E