The exploding Icoms were a long-discontinued FM (analog) HT that had several unique features, like, you could add a d-Star board to or a DTMF decoder to it:
https://www.passion-radio.fr/fiches/icom/u82/u82-angl.pdf https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-820735 Analog radios don't identify themselves with each transmission, the more likely cause of the explosion was a signal sent to all radios that activated the DTMF decoder in each radio. I've not dug too deep into this story, but an in-band signal, broadcast across the region thru linked repeaters, seems the most likely method. Ken > On Oct 14, 2024, at 14:59, Ceferino Lamb via Users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am programming some ICOM HTs for a friend and leaned that they > transmit their unique ID with every trx. This "feature" may have been > fatal to certain Lebanese recently. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
