Making Your Rig (IC-7300) Control SDR Programs Such As SDR Console using OMNI RIG
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2024
- Getting OMNI Rig to work for the first time is a little tricky. Once installed, it runs in the background and provides a link between your SDR software and your designated transceiver.
Here is another video showing how to install the RX7300 in your IC-7300.
• IC-7300 with INRAD RX7...
Using the RX7300 allows you to use your SDR receiver and software as a panadapter. Your software will now control your rig or rig control the software.
Thanx Steve. I was able to set up my Console to my radio via my SDR Play, and Icom 746, with of course the SDR Rx/Tx Switcher. 73's
I connected my Yaesy FTdx-3000 to the SDRuno via RSP2 as a panadapter. I'll try to connect it to SDRconsole or SDR# using the Airspy HF+ Discovery instead. You're video is very clear and useful. Thanks a lot. 73 from PY5WHO.
Thank you very much for this video, now I don't have to tune the PC software and separate tune my radio manually!
Thanks for sharing.
73 from Pachuca Mexico!!
Great Video Steve you helped me a lot! Tks
Great job Steve and thanks. Question? Is there a Peak Hold feature in the spectrum display?
Realy usefull thanks!
Excellent video... does anyone else notice how Steve sounds like Johnny Cash?
Thanks. This video supplied the one missing piece of info I needed to make the connection to my FT-857D. Only hiccup is I can't tune the SDR from the radio - the lock is on the Yaesu and won't release.
I'm having the same issue as Luis Pozzi, I've tried selecting SDR Play v3 under definitions, it brings up a dialog box but doesn't alow me to select it as a radio. Thanks for all your video's! Learning a lot about how to use the 7610 with third-party sw.
Do you have Omni Rig selected in your SDR software? Like HDSDR must See Omni Rig and Omni Rig must see HDSDR and your Other Rig. It's like a bridge.
Thanks Steve - clear as mud ;) just kidding - very well done! Do you prefer HDSDR or SDR Console?
I prefer HDSDR
Hi Steve! Appreciate the video. Wondering if you could give me a bit of info or advice - I can't seem to loosen/remove any of the screws from my IC-7300's top cover (been trying with #1 phillips), must have given a gorilla the job of puttnig them in. Do you recall what you used? Is there a special tool?
You need JIS type screwdrivers..Japanese Industrial Standard. Here's a link to buy a set. They are different than Phillips. rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&toolid=11800&pub=5575522562&campid=5338568994&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FNew-Release-JIS-Screwdriver-Set-4-Pc-For-Japanese-Industrial-Standard-Screws%2F183501442877%3Fhash%3Ditem2ab989cf3d%3Ag%3A2M8AAOSwWOFeYO96
While my rig frequency does connect with omnirig, upon starting Omni rig from Console, the radio does not start.
Hi Steve, please I just saw your video, very interesting, and I think that although my setup is different, I can follow the steps and reach the same conclusion, I hope ..... my setup is:
ICOM 7300
PTRX7300
AIRSPY HF + Discovery
SDR Console last version
EAXBEAM antenna for 6, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 m
and a Dipole for 40 & 80 m.
do you have any experience with the PTRX7300 and the AIRSPY HF + Discovery?
Thank you, and Happy New Year everyone and take care!
73, de EA4BAS
Thank you! Before your video I was completely stuck in the configuration of the external SDR receiving from the radio's IF. If you're still using this software, do you know if it's possible to have independent control of the radio's VFO and the external SDR receiver's VFO like in HDSDR? Sorry for my bad english and 73 from PY5CL
I suppose you can simply disable the link between the software and your radio by turning off Omnirig. That would free up the software to control only the SDR's frequency.
@@n4lq OK! I did that but would love to have the 2 VFO's as in HDSDR. Thanks again!
Hi, I followed your setup for sdr console and when I start my ic7300 the rig goes into transmit... Can't figure out why. Can you Help?
Hi Steve, great video. Tnx. Unfortenelly I get an Error in the SDR-Software. When I start the SDR-Console, a window apears "Radio Definitions". I selected "SDRplay V3". An error message came up: "Check service version, require 3.06 - API version don't match (Console=3.06 Service=3.09). Do you have any advice to solve this problem? Second question: In your video, while you describe the the necessary software-components, I can see in the first line of your desktop-window "SDRPlay RSPDuo = SDR console v.3.0.21". How do get these two Software-programs together? btw. OMNIRig is perfectly running. Excause by bad English ... 73 Wolfgang DG5CR
All that explanation was very clear. I don’t understand why I would want to turn my 7300 into an expensive tuning knob? The radio is already full SDR. Is external SDR more sensitive or something?
Some SDRs are better than any radio(some are really expensive), for example, I believe that SDRuno has the best audio compared to other software, it includes a lot of filters but the hardware maybe is not better than any radio, in my case, I purchased an cheap used Yaesu FT-991, not the FT-991A, because of its transmitting capabilities of 180-2 meters and 70cm, with SDRuno and the 911 it's a great combimation between RX and TX, now with this video I learned how to make the 911 go to the frequency I choose in the PC software, it's amazing.
Because you can use the audio from the SDR with is likely much better with much better filtering, NR and NB + you get a proper large waterfall on the screen, seeing the spatter of some stations 10-15 Khz up and down is truly horrifying something you can't see with the small 7300 Screen.
I use the Airspy HF+ and just got the panadapter installed today, the DNR on it it amazing ( through the SDR software not the 7300 ) + the NB actually eliminated the electric fence noise that the 7300 can't.
Using the Airspy makes the 7300 feel like a much more expensive SDR transceiver. SDR transceivers usually get several updates throughout it's life, a traditional radio would be lucky to get one or two and you might not notice the difference, an SDR transceiver update can add loads of features or make massive improvements.
I wouldn't bother going to the expense of connecting a cheap RTL dongle, it won't have the performance necessary when connected to a HAM antenna.
However, if someone was interesting in getting a 7300 + panadapter + SDR then I would suggest they get the Sun SDR 2 DX 100 watt transceiver, it looks amazing.
I already had theAirspy HF+ lying around doing nothing.
The panadapter is a big upgrade to the 7300 and it's likely anyone who gets it will not go back to traditional transceivers. Just don't use a cheap poor performing SDR like RTL TV dongle or modified dongle.
Hello Steve, I can´t setup when I start SDR Console for the first time, which item I must select from Radio Definitions, I can´t see on the video. Thank you in advance.
Select sdr play
@@sh839c Thank you very much Steve.
Question: Icom 7300 and SDR-Console only --- OR-- Icom 7300, SDR-Console, attached also to SDR-Play Duo ??
This told me the 7300 port is busy any ideas how i can fix it?
You may have fixed this already. I just found the issue for me. I had to install the Omnirig client. You can find the file on the same page. Good luck!
Any chance you got it to sync with HRD and SDR UNO? I am banging my head against the wall trying to get it to work and need to start over.
I stay away from HRD. It will take over your mind.
@@n4lq LOL. It draws me in...and then kicks me. What s/w do you prefer?
@@coldwater5707 None if possible but for logging I use Logger32, a simple logger with unlimited space for notes. Great for cw ragchewing.
You have a great video about SDR Console using Omni Rig. I have a Yaesu FT-991 and have followed yout instruction to the tee. My rig will connect with Omni Rig but will not connect to SDR Console or HDSDR. Can you help me?
The rig doesn't connect to the SDR, ever. What connects to the SDR is Omni Rig. Both the SDR and Rig must connect separately to Omni Rig. When setting up the SDR software, whatever it may be, you need to find how to connect it to Omni Rig. I assume the SDR already works with your SDR software.
Yes i am using SDR Console software and it works very well. I have my port set to the right port number. In the SDR Console software i click on the more options and external radio and it opens up external radio but will not connect.
@@terrelllemoine1343 But you don't use an "External Radio"....You must look for Omni-Rig. Omni Rig becomes the external radio. It sort of represents your 7300.
Okay on the OmniRig-Client: Demo 1 and 2 it shows ( Status: Port is not available ) I do not have other devices connected to the radio. So is it not able to connect?
When i click on External Radio on the side panel it tells me ( The external radio interface OmniRig is not started. I click on Yes to start now and then a message comes up showing connecting to existing instance failed.
Having
some really odd behavior that maybe someone could shed some light on. I
have an IC-7300 that I am using SDRuno and an RSP1A as a panadapter for
it. I am doing this with one of those PTRX boards installed in my 7300.
It was all working very well. Had to tear all my stuff down to set it
up in a new desk I got for the shack and when I put back together this
happens. When I started SDRuno, it asked me if I wasted to install the
new version and I did. when it starts up now, my radio automatically
goes into transmit. Looked at the settings in Omni-Rig and nothing has
changed. If I disconnect the PTRX and run SDRuno on its own it works
fine. Anyone have any idea what could be going on here? Thanks and 73's
Bruce
Well I guess you could always go back to the old version and see if it still does that. It sounds like an incorrect setting somewhere. GL
@@n4lq Did you fix it? if so, how?
I never see where you got client.exe......
It was labeled as "OmniRig" but created the client.exe file
@@n4lq I ran OmniRigsetup.exe and I guess it installed the file, couldn't fine client.exe, but I did find Omni-Rig in the Windows 10 start menu under Recently Added, ran it and got the same thing you did. I have an FT-991A, and it did work similarly to the 7300. I guess there's no equivalent to the RX7300 for the Yaesu.....
You said you downloaded Client.exe.... From where it is not part of the omnirig setup? I have no Client.exe.. I guess I missed something
I also don't have that file.