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<H1>Icom announce new D-Star radios</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Two new D-STAR radios are expected to be released in Japan
soon.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The website of ICOM Japan says that both D-STAR radios
will cover the 144/430MHz bands and be available in the next few
months.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The <STRONG>ID-80</STRONG> is a 5 watt handheld
transceiver and the<STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><STRONG>ID-880D</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Verdana> a 50 watt
mobile.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>See automatically translated from Japanese: </FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/ahas2y"><FONT
face=Verdana>http://tinyurl.com/ahas2y</FONT></A></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Gavin Nesbitt, M1BXF</FONT></EM></STRONG></P>
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