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 ken@n2vip.org 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 users@lists.chirpmyradio.com 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.