Icom Incorporated
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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manufacturer of radio transmitting and receiving equipment, founded in 1954 by Tokuzo Inoue with the company's original name being "Inoue".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="CQ">Template:Cite journal</ref> Its products now include equipment for radio amateurs, pilots, maritime applications, land mobile professional applications, and radio scanner enthusiasts.
Its headquarters are in Osaka, Japan.<ref name="CQ"/> It has branch offices in the United States (in Kirkland, Washington), Canada (in Delta, British Columbia), Australia (Melbourne, Victoria), New Zealand (Auckland), the United Kingdom (Kent, England), France (Toulouse), Germany (Bad Soden), Spain (Barcelona) and the People's Republic of China (Beijing).
Protocols
IDAS
IDAS is Icom's implementation of the NXDN protocol<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> for two-way digital radio products intended for commercial Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) and low-end public safety communications systems. NXDN is a Common Air Interface (CAI) technical standard for mobile communications. It was developed jointly by Icom and Kenwood Corporation.
D-STAR
Template:Main The D-STAR open radio system was developed by Icom based on digital radio protocols developed by the Japan Amateur Radio League and funded by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This system is designed to provide advanced voice and data communications over amateur radio using open standards.
Products
Template:Main Icom manufactures two way radios and receivers for use in marine applications, Airband, amateur radio applications, land mobile applications,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and FRS / GMRS applications. Some radios made by Icom are compatible with Motorola and SmarTrunk trunking systems.
IC-V82
The Icom IC-V82 is a VHF handheld transceiver with coverage in the two-meter band (144–146 MHz) and a maximum output power of 7 watts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was manufactured and sold by Icom from 2004 to 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="followup">Template:Cite web</ref> Following its discontinuation, Icom issued an advisory warning about counterfeit radios, including the IC-V82.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In October 2018, the company issued a cease-and-desist order against a Chinese manufacturer suspected of producing counterfeit Icom products; it also noted that this was not the first time it had taken such steps.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In June 2022, United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S. advocacy organization, identified the Icom IC-V82 as being used by Hezbollah, a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. It sent a letter to Icom outlining its concerns about the radios' dual-use capability (analog+digital<ref name="c000">Template:Cite web</ref>) and regarding Icom's business ties to Power Group (Icom's representatives in Lebanon) and Faza Gostrar, which claims to be the "Official ICOM representative in Iran".<ref>"Risky Business: Icom's Two-Way Radios Landing In The Hands Of Hezbollah", United Against Nuclear Iran, 11 July 2022.</ref><ref name=nyt/>
Many of the devices purchased by Hezbollah that subsequently exploded in the 2024 Lebanon radio device explosions, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 708, were reported as being IC-V82s.<ref name=nyt>Christiaan Triebert and Aric Toler (18 September 2024. "The device blasts on Wednesday may have involved more explosives than Tuesday's, a Times analysis suggests", The New York Times.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Icom opened an investigation into the case on 19 September 2024,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="followup"/> while a sales executive at the company's U.S. subsidiary said the radios involved appeared to be counterfeit units.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
See also
References
External links
- Official global website Template:In lang
- Older Icom info Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- Complete list of all amateur radio rigs produced by Icom Template:Webarchive
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