Icom Marine’s Smallest Waterproof Handheld Radio M85 / M85UL (IS) VHF Marine
Marine’s Smallest Waterproof Handheld
The M85 is the smallest, lightest and toughest radio on the market today!
The M85 can withstand hazardous and inhospitable environments at sea and on land, as it is built to MIL-STD 810. The IP67 waterproof rating protects the radio, even if dropped in the water. Yacht and commercial customers like the M85 because of the 100 programmable land mobile channels, as well as the easy to use built-in voice scrambler for private communications. The M85 is full of the features you need including an automated emergency alarm.
Output Power: | Marine: 5/3/1W Land Mobile: 2/1W | |
Battery Life: | 2010mAh Li-ion battery, up to 14 hours Typical operation; Tx:Rx:Stand-by duty ratio = 5:5:90 | |
Waterproof Rating: | IP67 | |
Versions: | Standard version or intrinsically safe version |
Full Featured
The M85 user-friendly display includes icons and indicators like transmit power, VOX ON/OFF, battery status, scan, weather channel and more. These icons and indictors improve the user-experience and operation. The M85 also includes a continuous 20-position rotary selector and ON/OFF volume knob, which is tilted for easy access.
For emergency situations the M85 includes the MOB Alarm, Man Down and lone worker functions. If one of these functions is activated, the radio automatically makes an emergency alarm.
The M85* built-in voice scrambler provides private communications between stations. The multi-function button on the top of the radio can be assigned to the scrambler function for easy activation. Or use the multi-function button to simply change from marine to land mobile frequencies.
*The M85UL does not include the built-in voice scrambler.
Land Mobile Use
In addition to VHF marine channels, the M85 covers 136–174MHz land mobile frequencies. Up to 100 programmable channels are available for land mobile use at 2W output power. Each channel is programmable with CTCSS and DTCS tone. Proper licensing is required to operate within the above land mobile frequencies.
Intrinsically Safe Version
Built to withstand the elements, the submersible M85UL intrinsically safe VHF handheld is perfect for commercial customers working in harsh environments. The M85UL plus the BP292UL, HM184UL all meet ANSI/TIA-4950-A, ANSI/UL 121201 requirements for:
- Intrinsically safe: Class I, Division 1, Groups C, D;
- Class II, Division 1, Groups E, F, G;
- Class III. T3C.
- Non-incendive: Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D
Additional Features
- AquaQuake™ prevents water-logged speaker
- Internal VOX capability for hands-free operation
- Weather channel receiving
- Self check function checks internal temperature and connected battery voltage
- Priority scan function
- Dual/tri-watch function for monitoring CH16 and/or call channel
- Favorite channel function for quick access to often used channels
- Built-in voice scrambler (32 codes)*
*Not available on M85UL
| General | |
|---|---|
| Frequency coverage Marine Tx Marine Rx Land Mobile Tx/Rx | 156.025–157.425 MHz 156.050–163.275 MHz 136.000–174.000 MHz |
| Usable channels Marine Channels Tx/Rx Land Mobile Channels Tx/Rx | INT, USA*, CAN, WX* channel (* Varies according to version) 100 LMR channels |
| Type of emissions (Channel spacing) Marine LMR | 25 kHz 12.5 kHz |
| Antenna Impedance | 50Ω |
| Current drain Marine Tx Land Mobile Tx Rx Max. audio | 1.5A (at 5W) 0.9A (at 2W) 0.45A |
| Power supply requirement | 7.2 V DC nominal |
| Operating temperature range Marine LMR | –20 °C to +60 °C; –4 °F to +140 °F –30 °C to +60 °C; –22 °F to +140 °F |
| Antenna Impedance | 50Ω |
| M85 Dimensions (W×H×D) (Projections not included) M85UL Dimensions (W×H×D) (Projections not included) | 56 × 92 × 29 mm; 2.2 × 3.6 × 1.1 in (With BP-290) 56 × 92 × 34.1 mm; 2.2 × 3.6 × 1.3 in (With BP-292UL) |
| M85 Weight (approx.; with BP-227) M85UL Weight (approx.; with BP-227) | 246 g; 8.7 oz (with BP-290, FA-SC58V and MBB-3) 285g, 10.1 oz (with BP-292UL, FA-SC58V and MBB-3) |
| Transmitter | |
|---|---|
| Marine channels LMR channels | 5/3/1W 2/1W |
| Max. frequency deviations Marine channels LMR channels | ±5.0 kHz (Wide) ±5.0 kHz (Wide) / 2.5 kHz (Narrow) |
| Frequency stability | ±5.0 ppm |
| Spurious emissions | -70 dBc typical |
| Hum and noise Marine channels LMR channels | 40 dB 40 dB (Wide) / 34 dB (Narrow) |
| Audio harmonic distortion | 10% (at 60% deviation) |
| Modulation limiting | 60–100% of maximum deviation |
| Receiver | |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity (at 12dB SINAD) | 0.25 µV typical |
| Adjacent Channel Selectivity Marine channels LMR channels | 70 dB typical 70 dB typical (Wide) / 55 dB typical (Narrow) |
| Spurious response | 70 dB typical |
| Intermodulation | 70 dB typical |
| Hum and noise Marine channels LMR channels | 40 dB 40 dB (Wide) / 34 dB (Narrow) |
| Audio output power Internal SP External SP | 700 mW typical (at 10% distortion with 12Ω load) 700 mW (at 10% distortion with 8Ω load) |