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Reviews For: Icom IC-F52D

Category: Transmitters: non-amateur adaptable for ham use

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Review Summary For : Icom IC-F52D
Reviews: 1MSRP: $600
Description:
136-174 VHF, 5 watt, conventional and Icon IDAS digital portable radio. Small and lightweight the F52D series comes with dozens of modern features and functions customers will want. The portable also includes popular F50V features like submergibility, vibration alert, and voice recording/playback for up to 8 minutes. New features include built-in Bluetooth™, a continuous 20-position rotary selector and ON/OFF volume knob that’s tilted for easy access, better dot-matrix display with status icons, and OTAP.
Product is in production
More Info: https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/landmobile/portables/f52dseries/default.aspx
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N7DKL Rating: 2022-07-14
Great carry radio Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I purchased this radio specifically because it has message recording capability when using the 2 or 5 tone paging feature. I wanted a radio to carry for the fire department that would work like a pager but also transmit. I had my doubts due to the size but after daily use for over a year I can say this radio is great. I have no need for the IDAS functions but for narrow and wide band VHF (UHF version available also) it works well. I have one channel programed to stay quiet until paged. I upgraded the battery to a 3150mAh after market version. I work as a house supervisor for a hospital and carry this radio for an entire 13 hour shift and only use half the battery. With the factory stubby antenna I never have an issue hitting the hospital or fire department repeaters or the local HAM repeaters. For a tiny little radio Icom did a fantastic job. I highly recommend it.