Icom launches new general purpose data modem

Icom has introduced a new series of data modem radios which will allow businesses and other organisations to send data and information over a radio network.

The new ‘data transceiver’, called the IC-F5122DD series allows point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communication.

One radio can communicate with another radio or multiple units with individual, groups and all data calls. The radio may also be useful for telemetry and low-speed supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA).

The IC-F5122DD series will be ideal for the following applications:

• Vehicle management (e.g. farming, airport ground crews)
• Traffic monitoring (e.g. road/highway construction)
• Remote system management for utilities (e.g. water plants, electricity meters) and oil (e.g. pipelines, well drilling)

The IC-F5122DD series uses either licensed VHF/UHF bands and delivers 25W of high output power from a MIL-STD rugged chassis. This general-purpose transparent data modem also features serial and Ethernet interfaces for greater flexibility, a data encryption function (500 codes) and 128 channels.