Saturday, August 31, 2019

New Icom IC-705 HF/VHF/UHF portable transceiver

I wondered if ICOM would enter the QRP market with an SDR radio and it looks like they have.



The IC-705 looks to have it all.  This looks like a fun radio!
HF + 50MHz + 144MHz + 430MHz
SSB | CW | RTTY | AM | FM | DV
10W output power
Large color screen
SDR architecture
Internal battery
GPS & Bluetooth
D-STAR
Can be charged via USB
Information sourced from Gigaparts 


See also: - QRP Blog and QRZ Now

Release Date unknown. 
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