[ICOM] Icom 7600 Interfacing

[bcarling at cfl.rr.com]

Actually no CI-V interface needed. MFJ makes a cable to go from my MFJ-998 to the AH4 
controller jack on the back of the IC7600.

And I will only need the USB cable to the rear of the IC7600 for both CAT and Audio IN/OUT.

So all is well!

Thanks & 73 - Bry AF4K


On 19 Nov 2014 at 13:02, Bob Burns W9BU wrote:

> To interface the IC-7600 to a logging program or a sound card digital mode
> program, you can use the USB interface. Make sure to download the latest
> driver from Icom and install it _*before*_ connecting the cable between the
> radio and computer. The driver will allow the radio's CI-V control to
> appear on a COM port in the computer and the radio's RX and TX audio will
> appear as USB sound cards to the computer.
> 
> Note that you will be connecting to the USB port on the back of the radio.
> The USB port on the front is only for a USB keyboard or a USB thumb drive.
> 
> I use the Icom USB interface regularly to interface my IC-7600 to
> HRD/DM780, fldigit, and N1MM/MMTTY. The one limitation that this interface
> has is that it will not do FSK RTTY, only AFSK RTTY.
> 
> As for interfacing to your tuner and amp, you will probably need to use the
> CI-V port on the radio. I have heard anecdotal that you can't use the CI-V
> port and the USB port for computer control of the radio simultaneously, but
> I don't know how that impacts CI-V control of an external tuner and amp.
> 
> Bob...
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:30 PM, <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Brains Trust - Questions:
> >
> > I am looking at buying a used 7600 in the next few days from a local chap,
> > and I am
> > wondering IF I will need the ICOM CT-17, that the is  CI-V interface and
> > cable?
> >
> > Icom says that you need the CI-V interface for computer control - do you?
> > I am told that I can just use the USB cable to go to a computer and use
> > that for both audio
> > I/O and rig control' HRD, FL-DIGI, WSJT-X etc. etc. and I am told I won't
> > need it for that, BUT
> > what if I also want to interface the 7600 to my MFJ-998 antenna tuner that
> > is hung on the
> > ouput of my TT 422 amplifier?  Is there any advantage to using the Icom
> > CT-17 CAT
> > interface and cable for rig control... or interface to the tuner??
> >
> > Also, I wonder what you all think of the Icom SP-23 speaker?
> >
> > Many thanks for your comments and experiences, guys - Bry, AF4K
> > Brian Carling, Radio AF4K
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