
RigBee D-star for Icom
ID-52 / ID-52 PLUS / ID-50
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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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