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iCom.com (Internet Communications) history
iCom.com (Internet Communications) company history timeline
Inoue made a small shack in the yard, then started the business as “Inoue Electric Seisakusho” in 1954.
Large quantity production at Inoue Electric Seisakusho (1965)
IC-700T/IC-700R (1967) The first amateur HF radio for Icom.
FDAM-3 (1968) It was a revolutionary 50 MHz radio using high stability dual VFOs (Variable Frequency Oscillators). One each was used for the transmitter and receiver units, which challenged the mainstream crystal control radio.
IC-105C (1972) Introduced know-how cultivated in amateur radio.
IC-200 (1972) Used an analog type PLL (Phase Locked Loop) synthesizer and covered the 144 MHz band with 100 channels.
IC-M25 (1975) The first marine radio.
In 1976 Icom Inc. founded its first foreign branch in Düsseldorf.
Established Icom (Europe) GmbH (1976)
Built the Kami factory (1978)
IC-280 (1978) The world's first amateur radio equipped with a microcomputer in its main unit.
Established Icom America Inc. (1979)
IC-551 (1979) Had an auto watch function controlled by a built-in CPU. It had good sales as a 50MHz SSB base station radio.
The IC-2N (Japanese model of IC-2AT/IC-2E) amateur handheld VHF transceiver was launched in 1980.
IC-720 (1980) Built-in general coverage receiver from 1.8 MHz through 30 MHz.
Established Icom Australia Pty. (1982)
IC-02A/AT/E (1983) The first handheld radio that adopted a power module, achieving the maximum output of 5W. In addition, it had an LCD display.
Icom has won multiple awards in various categories since 1984.
IC-A2 (1985) Icom’s first avionics radio.
IC-1271 (1985) World's first transceiver equipped with an ATV function.
Built the Hirano factory (1986)
IC-275A/E/H (1986) Equipped with a newly developed DDS synthesizer.
Established the Wakayama Icom Inc. (1987)
IC-3MR (1988) Icom’s first marine radar with a compact design and easy operation.
IC-781 (1988) A dream rig providing a large 5-inch CRT display with a spectrum scope located in the center of the front panel.
Listed Osaka Stock Exchange 2nd section(1990)
IC-4001 (1991) Japanese low-power license free radio that achieved a surprising palm-sized compactness and lightness that broke the conventional wisdom.
IC-4003 (1992) The first generation of the brand name "Withcall" of Icom’s low-power license free radios in Japanese market.
Narayama R&D office established in Nara, Japan(1994)
IC-775DSP (1995) The world's first circuit configuration using digital signal processor (DSP) featured noise reduction and auto notch, which allows signals to emerge from noise.
MCA7 (1995) Icom's first digital MCA (Multi-Channel Access; Japanese trunking system). Used a large display with excellent visibility.
Established Icom Spain S.L. (1997)
IC-F3S (1997) Recognized for its reliability, robustness, and operability, and was officially adopted as the US Department of Defense's Soldier Intercom.
IC-2800A/E (1998) The world's first amateur radio to use a 3-inch color TFT LCD display.
BR-200 (1998) Icom's first wireless communication unit between buildings that wirelessly connects distant buildings.
Built and moved into new Headquarters (2000)
IC-UH35ACT (2001) Using knowledge obtained from Marine transceivers, Icom realized a robust waterproof radio with a JIS7 rating (same level as IPx7) in the Japanese market.
IC-7800 (2003) Included the best performance for each function, and Icom realized an IP3 of + 40 dBm using all technologies collected over many years.
ID-1 (2004) The first model made for the D-Star system, which developed by JARL (Japan Amateur Radio League). Use the same protocol of Internet for communicate method.
IC-7000 (2005) Successor to the long selling IC-706MKII. Adopts IF DSP in this class first, then realized almost nearly basic performance with high class model of IC-756PROIII
IC-VH35 series (2005) Icom guaranteed one-year water-proof protection, a first for a Japanese radio manufacturer.
IC-D400 (2006) New concept of a digital low-power radio system in combination with an IP network.
IC-M33/M34 (2006) An industry first! A transceiver that floats in water.
However, the sub-prime housing loan problem, and Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, occurred in 2008, and the world economy went into in a recession.
IC-DU55C (2008) The first DCR digital radio designed as soon as the Japanese regulations were approved.
IC-F3161DT/DS･IC-F5061D･IC-FR5000 (2008) Lunched IDAS (Icom Digital Advance System) transceiver adopting 6.25 kHz 4-level FSK using the FDMA method.
IC-M603/M604 (2008) Won the NMEA award for the best VHF marine radio.
Kinokawa Plant of Wakayama Icom Inc. established in Wakayama, Japan.(2009)
Now, in 2014, Icom proudly celebrates its 50th anniversary.
IC-7300 (2016) New technology of RF Direct Sampling is employed.
IC-A220TSO (2016) TSO certified model, therefore it can be used as a primary VHF radio in general aviation (part 23) aircraft
IC-7610 (2017) Adopts the RF direct sampling system for 110 dB RMDR performance.
Tokyo show room moved with Tokyo sales office (2018)
IC-DPR7 (2018) Japanese digital business radio “DPR” series transceiver.
VE-PG4 (2018) Communication expanding unit across systems and devices.
IC-DRC1 (2018) Newly established Japanese standard “Digital low-power community radio system”. Icom lunched this system terminal to meet the regulation issued for safety and security of municipal corporations.
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