Icom IC-R8600 How To Use The Ic-r8600 As An Sdr Receiver

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  • Icom IC-R8600 | How To Use The Ic-r8600 As An Sdr Receiver - Page 1
    " that can be downloaded from the Icom website for detail about how to use the software. Step 1 Confirming the IC-R8600 firmware version (See the IC-R8600 Instruction manual Section 13.) Confirm the IC-R8600 firmware version is 1.30 or later. LLIf the IC-R8600 firmware version is 1.20 or earlier
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    ® 7 (32/64 bit) LLIn this guide, the OSs are described as "Windows 10 software), the operation is not guaranteed. Operation notes ••Before connecting or disconnecting a USB cable, turn OFF the IC-R8600. ••To operate your PC and peripheral devices, follow the instructions provided in their manuals
  • Icom IC-R8600 | How To Use The Ic-r8600 As An Sdr Receiver - Page 3
    IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR 1. Access the Icom website. http://www.icom.co.jp/world/ 2. Click . Click 3. Click "Firmware Updates/Software Downloads." DDUnzipping the firmware folder 1. Right-click the downloaded firmware Read "Regarding this Download Service" carefully, and then
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    Icom IC-R8600 IC-R8600 and quit the HDSDR application before executing the overwrite installation. 1. Start the overwrite installation by following Step 1 in the column to the left. •• A confirmation dialog is displayed. 5. Click . Click Click 2. Click "Yes," then follow the instructions
  • Icom IC-R8600 | How To Use The Ic-r8600 As An Sdr Receiver - Page 5
    IC-R8600. NOTE: ••DO NOT connect the IC-R8600 to a PC through any USB hub. ••Depending on the length of a USB cable, the receiver may not operate properly even if it is recognized by the PC. Use as short a cable as possible. Type B IC-R8600 Confirm that "IC-R8600 I/Q OUT If "IC-R8600 I/Q
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How to use the IC-R8600 as an SDR receiver
The IC-R8600 (version 1.30 or later) can output the In-phase/Quadrature data which is processed by the FPGA.
Connect [I/Q OUT] to a PC’s USB port, and you can control the IC-R8600 from a PC using the HDSDR software.
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These instructions are based on using Microsoft
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Windows
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10.
Procedure outline
To use HDSDR, first follow the steps described below.
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See “About the HDSDR software operations” that can be downloaded from the Icom website for detail about how to use the
software.
Step 1 Confirming the IC-R8600 firmware version
(See the IC-R8600 Instruction manual Section 13.)
Confirm the IC-R8600 firmware version is 1.30 or later.
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If the IC-R8600 firmware version is 1.20 or earlier, download the latest version from the Icom website, and update your
IC-R8600.
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See the IC-R8600 Instruction manual (Section 13) for detail about how to update the IC-R8600.
Step 2 Installing HDSDR
You can use HDSDR (freeware) as the SDR software.
Download HDSDR from the HDSDR website and install it.
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Install HDSDR before installing the IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR.
Step 3 Installing the IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR
(p. 3)
To control the IC-R8600 from a PC using HDSDR, download the IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR from the
Icom website, and install it.
The IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR contains “ExtIO_ICR8600.dll*” and the IQ driver.
* The DLL file is normally stored in the same folder that is installed HDSDR as the default.
(Example: C:\Program Files\HDSDR)
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DO NOT
connect the IC-R8600 and a PC until the driver installation has been completed.
Step 4 Connecting the IC-R8600 and a PC
(p. 5)
Connect the USB cable (User supplied) between the IC-R8600’s [I/Q OUT] port and a PC’s USB port, and then turn
ON the IC-R8600.
Step 5 Using HDSDR
(See “About the HDSDR software operations.”)
See “About the HDSDR software operations” for your reference of using the HDSDR software with the IC-R8600.
Updating the IC-R8600 USB I/Q Package for HDSDR:
If you already have the package installed, you can download the latest version and update it by executing an overwrite
installation. (p. 4)