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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.
http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/
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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.
http://www.hdsdr.de/
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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
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.
http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/
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
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.
