ICOM IC 705 Raspberry Pi Setup WITH GPS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- One USB cable for CAT control, radio audio AND GPS?! Yes, the 705 and Raspberry Pi is a a great pair.
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THANK YOU! Im working with my Raspberry Pi setup now and this should help!
Awesome. Now I'm definitely buying one of these bad boys, I have to admit i was worried that the ic-705 wouldn't output the gps data. Well done Icom and thanks for the informative video. BRILLIANT ;-)
Excellent video and setup, now for someone to come up with software for an Andriod/iOS device for FT8 over bluetooth!
Yeah, that would be GREAT 👍👍👍
Nice tutorial! Spot on. Expecting shipment in a FEW days. RPi is ready 👍🤓👍
This is MJ from Android Hawaii and Phonlab this is almost the most awesome video I've seen in a long time great work Josh. Aloha!
Loving that TI still gets a mention in this day and age. My primary interest is in computers and just got back interested in radio in the last few years. I've supported the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer for 40 years. The 705 contains a TI networking chip and TI 320C55 Digital Signal Processor :-)
Oh linux and HAM, now you have my attention. :)
One cable to rule them all and in the ether bind them!
Thanks for the video Josh. I would love to see you bring it portable. I have been bringing my ft-817 to the park, QRP is hard, but it works!
Yeah I know I'm late, but great video Josh !! I received my 705 about 3 weeks ago and just now ordering my Pi. Tried it on a Pi-zeroW but no joy. Just bogged down, so I need at least a Pi3B+. I was worried about the heat on the Pi4. I had originally planned to use the USB cable for just the GPS data and the WiFi for audio and CAT control. But the lightbulb went on and said "WHY?". when all can be carried by the single cable. Thanks for that awakening. May eventually run the Pi and the 705 off a 13.8V LiFePO4 battery, but for now will use your setup with a 5V power pack for the Pi and internal battery for the 705. Thanks again, GREAT video !! Terry, W4ZQ
Good - thank you. Now I just need to step through what you did to get my KIT of things up and running.
Excellent video
I own an ICOM IC-7200. It was my first amateur radio. Not exactly man-portable, but built rather rugged. Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. One of the features that attracted me to the radio was the built-in sound card so that only one USB cable would be necessary for cat control and audio input/output. It also had mostly analog control knobs, and not too many of them, also very good for a newbie. It too is billed as a "portable" radio.
The ICOM IC-705 does not appear to me to be a very ruggedly built radio to used in portable work. Please correct me if I am wrong. My idea of a good portable is one that is resistant to dust and moisture, at least somewhat, has solidly built control knobs and buttons that don't break or fall off easily. The case should have some kind of padding or cushioning to protect the radio from at least little bumps and falls. The radio should also be shock resistant on the inside. Being out in the field, a a little radio like this would be prone to falling off a tree stump or rock. All you have to do is trip over the antenna coax and oops! I don't expect a military grade radio, but may I should for its price. I think that is not too much to expect from a 1200 dollar radio that is marketed as a portable radio.
Great video thanks Josh, catch you on 40mtrs FT8 sometime....
Try to catch him after his live streams, he almost always does FT8
Very cool! I think you can also use the optional "Real Time Clock" output jack on the KX2 to also provide accurate time for operating digital modes via a Raspberry Pi.
This is also likely.
Great video, Josh! I wonder how the powering of the Pi would work in the field. Assuming the radio doesn't power the Pi, you would probably have to have external power. Perhaps the in the field battery (like Bioenno) running into a PP distribution block and then the radio and Pi plugged into said block? hmmm
Exactly the kind of stuff I’m working on. Thank you for more Raspberry Pi content. Could you do one for Setting up Pat and other programs for Winlink on a Raspberry Pi? Over a UV-5R?
I got lucky but oregon had some wicked fires and I was trying to set mine up before a potential evacuation.
It got really complicated really fast. Someone suggested that VOX was so unreliable that I might have to soldier the PTT key to a GPOI pin on the pi. Any help would be appreciated.
hamlib has been updated with support for the 705, but it's got to be the recent version. I think they updated it about two months ago. However, the version in the repositories is going to be older, so you'd have to build it from source to get the latest version.
Josh, great vid as always! Here's my question... I know you're into APRS. I've just taken the plunge with mobilinkd TNC . Really enjoying that a lot. I'd love to see you do a vid with the new 705 and doing APRS (whether using Mobilinkd or other TNC). Thoughts??
Nice radio, and I will probably get it one day. Weird design looks like they chopped the back half of an IC-7300. The ft-817 has the feature where you can carry it around with the shoulder strap. The FT-817 is like an oversize HT whereas this is like an undersized mobile or base station.
When you switched over to js8call, what was the settings for it.? I am more interested in js8call than the other digital modes, but have yet to get any of them to work with my 705.
Thanks
Dake
Man, if I can save up enough cash, I WANT 705 to be my first QRP radio. The fact that you can have GPS time and location, CAT control, and audio input / output with a single cable is absolutely insane. I wish my 891 had a built-in audio interface lol. Then maybe I'll get the qrp amplifier for the G90 / X5105 and have full QRO. 73 de W8IJC
Great video. I look forward to enjoying a 705 in the future. Can you tell me which C Crane radio you use for HF reception?
Michael VA6XMB
Yay!
Josh Great Video! Just got my 705 and the Micro USB has a sloppy fit at the radio - falls out, looses connection. I have tried several USB A to Micro USB and not getting great results which do you use and how would you describe the fit?
Hi Josh, the mini USB socket on the 703 is a concern for me. I have had a number of devices with mini USB sockets fail after use 1 to 2 years, as the socket is not very durable or mechanically strong. Can you comment for using the socket everytime the radio is used and if this could be an issue?
Awesome video. I want to learn more about digital modes and raspberry pi formats.
Check out the video I linked in the description.
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I will thanks .
@@HamRadioCrashCourse And btw. If you are not 39 years of age yet. You can join the navy just saying. Cause there is a lot of interesting electronics in there. But you just might be past that age bracket.
Found it!
If you have time, I know you mentioned it briefly in one of you longer videos when hooking this radio up to the software, you said you had to fiddle with a multitude of usb cords to find one that works. I spent the past two days all weekend long trying to get something to work with mine. In short, if you can find one, a person can buy that will work, a link to said product would be great seeing how the 5-6 cords i have none of which works.
Thanks in advance.
Dale
KI5ARH
Question. When using the Pi, are you hooking it up to a portable monitor? Just wondering how this fits into portable work or is it mainly just an alternative to windows for the shack? Nice video BTW.
The pi creates a WiFi network when you’re in the field, then you vnc into the pi desktop through another device. I explain it on the video I linked on simple raspberry pi setup.
Not a Ham Radio topic, but could you cover PLMR and encryption some time? I’m not finding a lot of content explaining the licensing process, equipment configuration, or expectations of use.
How long until radios are coming with all the software included? No pi necessary.
FYI: You need to be aware that there are two main types of micro-usb cables. One is for charging a device and the other is for transferring data between devices. Many offer both functions in one cable. In this case, I use a dedicated micro-usb data cable. You can find them on eBay and Amazon, i.e., "Micro-USB Data Cable". 73's all round!
Will it send NMEA (GPS) over WiFi?
Thanks for the video! Being both the Raspberry PI and the IC-705 have WiFi and Bluetooth has anyone gotten this working with only wireless connections between the IC-705 and the Raspberry PI? The wired connection to the PI brings radio noise to the IC-705 and seems unnecessary.-N2YTF
The video was very helpful and I got the GPS from the IC-705 working, however, every time I reboot the Pi (with GPS fixed on radio, first), GPS stops working. Anyone found a way to get this to work reliably?
I am new to Shortwave Radio and I just set my Heart You know how it is you have been looking at this ALL THE TIME and eventually you just have to have it what are your Thoughts on the ICOM IC R 75 RECEIVER? however I did not buy it yet I need your advice should I or should I not buy and what would be a Fair asking Price for me to pay, ps Love the show Peter IRELAND
Here in the states the used prices average about $650 on eBay. Some being as low as $450.
How pi can auto active IC705 USB GPS or external GPS unit ?
it's an even better radio connected to an MS surface running ubuntu
Did I miss how you change the audio levels on this setup? Is it done on the Pi side or radio side? My SOTA setup is a squid pole monoband 20m vertical >g90>MiniProSC>RasPi4+GPS Dongle>cheap android tablet. It works great other than finicky audio but the single cable and ditching the dongle is worth buying an ic705. Removing so many points of failure, minimizing # of items, bigger screen, and reduction of weight is worth the $$$ imo. Dang it I’m sold what’s the quickest place to buy one from.
If it’s audio out for transmit it’s on the pi side. If it’s audio into the pi for decoding that is best done on the radio. The video I linked on the description covers it in more detail.
Hi, tnx for the great vido. After setup the gps shown in the video Conky will not loger displayed. Do you have a idee what the problem should be? 73... DL1GKK
Restart it with the 705 on and gps synced.
Cannot get the pi to connect to the 705. Which build of BAP are you using. My pi sees the Icom serial port on FLrig, CIV changed to 94 in rig, 9600baud 7300 - no connect. What am I missing?
When I get it going it will be brilliant. Ken VK4GC
I´m having the same issue. Worked at first but late (dunno why nothing changed here) stoped to connect. I have IC-705 model with 0xA4 CI-V and 19200 Baud and /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Icom_Inc._IC-705_IC-705_13001425-if00 serial. Get worked few times, but afetr reboot Pi did stoped to work. Always I reboot is a nightmare to getting back to work. Im troubleshooting that with other cables, etc. cable are good and good quality, no RF into it. Josh did you have this issue? pse? 73 CT7ABD
Josh I’m confused on how this can help for emergencies. How do I send a message? You covered basic exchange of stations.
Pick your favorite digital mode to send traffic and use that for emergencies.
Maybe it is worth to note that the default CI-V address of the 705 is A4 (0xA4)). In the Video you see the CI-V address of the IC-7300 with 0x94. That won't work unless you change one of them, either in the Radio --> Connectors - CI-V - CI-V address or in Flrig. The CI-V address has to match, in the Software and on the Radio, otherwise no connection.
I mentioned that in the video too.
It has everything you'd want in a portable radio, except it's bigger than a brick. The TX-599 follow-on needs a color screen, and that will be a 705 and Xiegu killer.
How so? The TX-500 is an HF only radio and missing all the other features on the 705.
Did you use the Regular(black) or Hi Speed(blue) USB socket on the PI... Thanks :)
Regular.
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Thanks,,,
Hi Josh! Although I have followed your instructions in detail, the 705 goes into permanent TX mode and the SD Card starts recording. Any hint?
GPS time is transferred to the RPi4 and switching freq works fine from FLRIG on RPi4. 👍
When does it go into permanent tx mode?
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Right after starting FLRIG. But after fiddling around with "PTT Initialization" and removing a "SPLIT setting" on the 705, it seems to work.
Hi Josh or anyone... I have installed the OS, however, I don't yet have my Icom IC-705. I will be using a Raspberry Pi 7" screen and the GPS from inside the Icom IC-705. When going through the script, it asks whether to install the GPS, however as I don't have the radio, do I just untick the GPS???? I will of course require it when I get the radio. Thanks
Are you running the build a pi script? If yes, best practice is to do the install when you have the 705 connected to it and sharing GPS. It will do the rest for you.
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Okay, thanks for the help.
Anyone figure out to time sync from the 705 to Windows 10?
Josh, please help!!! I can not get Pat Menu/Winlink to set up with the Pi and IC705 for the life of me. I would literally pay money if you could please do a walk through of setting up the IC705 + KM4ACK build-a-pi with Winlink/Pat Menu. Please help!!!
Did the change of devices as you suggest. GPS in 705 has a lock, Restart Status gpsd shows active. Never see conky showing a grid square. Where to look next?
Does the 705 say “usb com”?
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Yes
Dumb question, why use a pie instead of connecting it straight to laptop? Just for WiFi? Thx
Couple of good reasons. The pi uses little power and you can keep it connected and on for modes like js8call where people can send you messages
Also, using a pi will let you use a tablet in the field. Tablets generally cannot run the ham radio digital modes.
Thx great video! Like that. 55+73 OE5AOO
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I'm clearly too dumb to understand what's going on here. Using the Pi (a small computer) to connect the radio to a computer?
The Pi is headless, there is no monitor, keyboard, or mouse. He using the computer to log into the PI remotely rather than hooking up peripherals directly to the Pi.
Yes but why? What is this doing that connecting the rig to the computer direct wouldn’t do? Is it time?
USB Cable needs to be a Data/Sync/Charge Cable, Not just a Charge Cable
Yes.
Too complicated
Life is too short...