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There are commercial products that combine a CI-V interface with other radio-to-computer interface circuitry, such as soundcard-to-audio connections for digital mode operations, and circuits that generate CW or FSK.
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If your computer lacks a serial port, you will need a USB-to-serial-port adaptor.
You can build such an interface for a few $, or you can buy a commercial interface for a few tens of $, or you can buy Icom's CT-17 for a lot more. You will need a simple CI-V interface that converts the RS-232 voltage levels employed by a standard serial port interface to the TTL levels employed by CI-V. Your Icom IC-706mkIIg can be controlled from a computer via the radio's CI-V interface. Is this correct, and if so, how does it differ from something like a SignalLink or a RigBlaster? In order to control the radio via computer (and program if possible), is this CI-V connection the only hardware I would need? Another friend has a Donner Digital Interface he said I could try out, but my understanding is that this would be used for packet data rather than for controlling the radio itself. I'm also hoping someone might be able to offer some clarification for me regarding the different interfaces. A friend recommended Log4OM, but I'm not sure if either of these packages are actually able to program the radio. I have seen multiple recommendations online for Ham Radio Deluxe. With all of that said, my first question is whether it is possible to program this radio with 3rd party software. I also found this cable from China, and I assume it is essentially the same thing (usb-serial adapter with Icom CI-V interface). Also, the RT Systems website says it is for the IC-706, and doesn't specify anything about the later iterations of this radio. I find it hard to believe that a radio that was in production as late as 2009 wouldn't be programmable by a computer, but I suppose stranger things have happened.
I was looking at RT Systems' website, and they have a cable comparable to the Icom CT-17, but they say that the radio "is of an age that it was designed before computer programming was developed", and therefore cannot be programmed by computer.
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I'm a fairly new ham, and every radio I've worked with thus far I have been able to program from a computer, either through Chirp, or through the manufacturer's software (Baofeng UV-5R, Icom ID-51, and Icom ID-880h). I recently purchased an Icom IC-706mkIIg radio.
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