RigBee D-star for Icom

RigBee D-star for Icom

ID-52 / ID-52 PLUS / ID-50

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$29.99

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Released
October 31, 2026
Updated
November 1, 2026

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RigBee turns your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a D-STAR gateway for your Icom handheld. No hotspot, no extra hardware: your radio connects over Bluetooth and RigBee carries your D-STAR traffic to reflectors over the internet. IMPORTANT: RigBee requires an Icom ID-52 PLUS (tested) or another Icom D-STAR radio with the same built-in Bluetooth (ID-52, ID-50). Please check WHAT YOU NEED below before buying. D-STAR GATEWAY ■ Link XLX / DCS, DExtra (XRF) and DPlus (REF) reflectors ■ Talk and listen with your radio, RigBee relays the audio to and from the reflector ■ See who is talking: callsign, message, position on a map, distance and bearing. Tap a callsign to look it up online ■ Active reflectors (ircDDB), Last Heard and saved receptions CHAT, PICTURES AND QSL CARDS ■ Text chat, stickers and Morse messages, over a reflector or directly on the air in DV ■ Send and receive pictures, cell by cell, with live progress ■ Pictures keep sending while you go back and chat ■ Notifications for incoming messages ■ Turn a received station into a QSL card RADIO CONTROL ■ Frequency, mode, volume, squelch, power, dual watch and more ■ Read your radio's memory channels, import CSV channel lists, scan ■ DR mode with the repeater list, maps and last heard APRS ■ Report your position to APRS-IS (shown on aprs.fi) using your radio's GPS when you transmit, on FM as well as DV ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE ■ Buy once and use RigBee on your iPhone, iPad and Mac ■ Available in 30 languages WHAT YOU NEED - An Icom ID-52 PLUS (tested) or another Icom D-STAR radio with the same built-in Bluetooth - Bluetooth on your iPhone, iPad or Mac - An internet connection for reflectors - An amateur radio license and callsign to transmit - First connection only: on the radio start Pairing Reception (MENU › SET › Bluetooth Set › Pairing Reception), then tap the radio in RigBee while it counts down - The reflector gateway uses the radio's Terminal Mode. RigBee detects it and switches screens for you More information: https://rigbee.vek.io 73 de LZ3ZEN & LZ3ITI Icom, ID-52 and ID-50 are trademarks of Icom Incorporated. RigBee is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Icom.
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1.0

November 1, 2026

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