Meant to add this, the IC-V82 also has a pager function (pocket beep), see page 36 for more info:
https://lodiarc.org/members/wa6osx/IC-V82_U82_manual.pdf That would seem the perfect remote detonation method... Ken > On Oct 14, 2024, at 15:20, Ken Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]/
