#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP INSTALL#
#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP DRIVERS#
#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP WINDOWS#

It also creates unnecessary heat in our rigs, and drives our finals harder than they need to be. Why is this important? Overdriving our signals makes it more difficult for the receiving station to decode. This is complete nonsense! I have found an ALC on the IC-705 between 1-10% of maximum to offer the cleanest signal we could want. Some clever tools will tell us to drive that ALC hard so we can be heard. Choose USB Audio CODEC, but remember you may need to come back and adjust the drive level, for clean ALC.

#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP INSTALL#

For ARDOP, it’s done here.Īssuming you have followed the instructions to install the Vara HF modem add-on for Winlink Express, start a Vara HF sessionįor Vara HF you’ll need to go to settings in Vara.exe. You may need to come back to adjust the ‘drive level’ for clean ALC. Now select the ‘USB Audio CODEC’ sound card for capture and playback. In the ARDOP session settings, choose ARDOP TNC setup. This will help reduce confusion, since very often external USB devices, identify themselves generically as “USB Audio CODEC”. You’ll get a warning about using the same comm port, but just accept it, ignoring the warning.īefore starting, remove all other USB audio devices from your machine. Select the same rig as you did above, then click update. Now simply enter the same settings you see above, mindyou yours could be a little different, eg CI-V address and comm port. If you’re not prompted to setup a radio, select settings, then ‘radio setup’ from the session window. Next we open Winlink Express, choose our mode, and then ‘open session’. It can be found in settings, connectors, CI-V, CI-V address. Often that gets changed to 0x94 to mimic the IC-7300, from a rig control perspective. By default the 705 uses 0xA4 as its address. Since Winlink Express doesn’t have the 705 in it’s list of supported rigs, the trick here is using the IC-7300, along with the correct address for your 705. Note the CI-V comm port and settings, but don’t touch them. The CI-V port is for rig control and audio. Open ports and check which port your 705 CI-V is assigned to.

#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP WINDOWS#

Right click on your windows logo and select ‘device manager’. Just a note: The quality of your USB cable is very important! I use a USB 3.1 cable for Data & Charging. If you don’t see it while your IC-705 and computer are powered up, the most likely problem is the quality of the USB cable. You will see a “USB Con” icon at the top center-left of your Icom IC-705 display.

#ICOM IC7300 AND FLDIGI SETUP DRIVERS#

I’ll do a video on this soon, but for now, here are the Winlink side of the settings.Īssuming you have already installe d the USB drivers from Icom, and have your 705 working in other apps eg WSJTX, JS8Call,… plug the 705 into your computer. One of you asked for my Winlink Express settings for the IC-705.

Icom ic7300 and fldigi setup