Icom IC-9700

This page describes some mode-specific settings for the IC-9700 station.

Manuals

Manuals for the IC-9700 can be found here:

Setup

Load the software database.

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APRS

Hardware

Rig

  • IC-9700
  • USB A/B cable
Note

Frequency: 144.390 MHz
Mode: FM-D (digital)
FIL1

Connectors/
USB AF/IF Output/Output Select: AF
USB AF/IF Output/AF Output Level: 50%
MOD Input/DATA MOD: USB
USB Send/KEYING/USB SEND: USB (A) RTS
USB Send/KEYING/Inhibit Timer at USB Connection: ON
CI-V/CI-V DATA Echo Back: OFF
PTT Port Function: PTT Input + SEND Output

PC

  • Beelink Windows 11 PC

Antenna

  • Comet antenna mounted externally
  • Connected via coax patch panel
flowchart LR
  A[IC-9700] ---|USB| B[Beelink PC]
  A ---|Coax 2m| C[Diamond MX3000N Triplexer]
  A ---|Coax 70cm| C
  A ---|Coax 23cm| C
  C ---|Coax| D[Comet Vertical 2m/70cm]
Figure 16.1

Software

PC System Settings

Note

As of 2024-12-xx, the IC-9700 audio devices have been renamed to “IC-9700-microphone (5- USB Audio CODEC)” and “IC-9700-speakers (5- USB Audio CODEC)”

  • Right click Windows icon; select ‘Device Manager’; Select ‘Ports (COM & LPT)’
    Silicon Labs SP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM10) and Silicon Labs SP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM11) are the COM ports for the IC-9700

  • Enter ‘control panel’ in search window; Open ‘Hardware and Sound’; Select ‘Sound’

    • Under ‘Recording’ tab
        1. Confirm that Microphone IC-9700-speakers (5- USB Audio CODEC) is not default device
        1. Click Properties button; select Levels tab
        1. Set Microphone level to ~65% (adjust as needed)
    • Under ‘Playback’ tab
        1. Confirm that IC-9700 is not default device
        1. Click Properties button; select Levels tab
        1. Set Speakers slider to ~50%

Application

I am running direwolf version 1.7.

C:\Users\rick\OneDrive\Documents\direwolf-1.7.0-9807304_i686

APRS-only (non-TT) params

Parameters in C:\Users\rick\OneDrive\Documents\direwolf.conf

ADEVICE IC-9700

CHANNEL 0

MYCALL W3TM-1

MODEM 1200

DTMF

#PTT COM4 RTS

AGWPORT 8000
KISSPORT 8001

#CBEACON every=10 dest=“MORSE-6” info=“de W3TM-tt”

IGSERVER noam.aprs2.net

# Logged-in to APRS-IS to send packets.
IGLOGIN W3TM-1 28828

IGTXLIMIT 6 10

#TTPOINT B001 40.7177087 -77.891919 # mountaintop
#TTPOINT B002 40.7753191 -77.8561127 # South Hills
#TTPOINT B003 40.8055434 -77.88982 # Hoss’
#TTPOINT B085 40.753017 -77.760620 # Little Flat 85
#TTPOINT B076 40.9123402 -78.019739 # Rattlesnake 76

#TTAMBIG BAx

# W3TM
#TTMACRO 001xx AC9386001109AB{dot}B0xxBA1
# W3EDP ————————————
#TTMACRO 011xx AC9333701173AB{dot}B0xxBA1
# N3LI ————————————
#TTMACRO 021xx AC6354002293AB{dot}B0xxBA1
# W3SWL
#TTMACRO 031xx AC9379501245AB{dot}B0xxBA1
# WA7HUB
#TTMACRO 041xx AC9274821322AB{dot}B0xx*BA1

#TTOBJ 0 IG
#CHANNEL 0
#DWAIT 100

Operating

  1. Switch to 145.390 MHz, FM-D mode. Note: Memory channel 10 has this frequency but not FM-D stored!
  2. Launch Direwolf from desktop
  3. Confirm that Direwolf has connected to audio devices.

Packet

Rig

  • IC-9700
  • USB A/B cable
Note

Frequency: 145.030 MHz (this frequency is stored in one of the memories)
Mode: FM-D (digital)

The following settings do not change from Winlink or APRS-tt (via Direwolf)

Connectors/
USB AF/IF Output/Output Select: AF
USB AF/IF Output/AF Output Level: 50%
MOD Input/DATA MOD: USB
USB Send/KEYING/USB SEND: USB (A) RTS
USB Send/KEYING/Inhibit Timer at USB Connection: ON
CI-V/CI-V DATA Echo Back: ON
PTT Port Function: ’PTT Input + SEND Output`

PC

  • Beelink Windows 11

Antenna

  • Comet antenna mounted externally
  • Connected via coax patch panel

Software

PC System Settings

Note

As of 2024-12-xx, the IC-9700 audio devices have been renamed to “IC-9700-microphone (5- USB Audio CODEC)” and “IC-9700-speakers (5- USB Audio CODEC)”

# Right click Windows icon; select ‘Device Manager’; Select ‘Ports (COM & LPT)’
Silicon Labs SP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM10) and Silicon Labs SP210x USB to UART Bridge (COM11) are the COM ports for the IC-9700

# Enter ‘control panel’ in search window; Open ‘Hardware and Sound’; Select ‘Sound’

# Under ‘Recording’ tab 1. Confirm that Microphone IC-9700-speakers (5- USB Audio CODEC) is not default device 2. Click Properties button; select Levels tab 3. Set Microphone level to ~65% (adjust as needed)

# Under ‘Playback’ tab 1. Confirm that IC-9700 is not default device 2. Click Properties button; select Levels tab 3. Set Speakers slider to ~50%

Application

  • UZ7HO version 1.13 SoundModem
Note

SoundModem parameters.

# Settings menu: Devices Sound Card: Output device: IC-9700-microphone (5- USB Audio CODEC
Sound Card: Input device: IC-9700-speakers (5- USB Audio CODEC
Sound Card: Single channel output
Sound Card: Color waterfall

Server setup: AGWPE Server Port: 8000 and Enabled Server setup: KISS Server Port: 8001

PTT Port: Select PTT port: COM4

# Settings menu: Modems

  • EasyTerm by UZ7HO Version 0.49b
Note

EasyTerm parameters.

# Settings menu: Station Setup
Terminal Callsign: W3TM

Beacon Setup: Destination: BEACON
Beacon Setup: Interval: 30
Beacon Setup: Ports: `1’

TNC Setup: Host: 127.0.0.1
TNC Setup: Port: 8000
TNC Setup: Paclen: 80

Operating

  1. Switch to memory channel 7 (145.030 MHz, W3YA-3 Packet), FM-D mode
  2. Launch SoundModem.
  3. Launch EasyTerm
  4. Check rig RF power (10W is more than sufficient)
  5. W3YA-3 and W3PHB-3 beacon regularly, so it’s good to see if you can decode them.
  6. When the channel is clear, press the ‘Connect’ button
  7. Select target from ‘CallTo’ menu, usually W3YA-3 or W3PHB-3
  8. Press the ‘Connect’ button to connect.
  9. Turn up AF gain to monitor QSO. You will hear sound from the packet BBS, but not your own output (unless you have turned up the monitor level on the rig).