SatNOGS with ICOM IC-9700 audio via Ethernet/UDP?

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More recent Icom radios fortunately allow sending / receiving control command, audio, and spectrum ‘waveform’ data via LAN (e.g. IC-9700).

Software like Spectrum Lab Spectrum Lab - Preface and Help Index or Wfview are capable to use it.

For example, with the ‘Port/Address’ field set to ‘udp://IC-9600:5001’, Spectrum Lab tries to behave like Icom’s “RS-BA” software, and appear like a client for the radio’s built-in server (using UDP, not TCP/IP); usually with UDP port 50001 for “control”, 50002 for “serial”, and 50003 for “audio”. The IC-9700 is also supported by Rigctl.

I wonder if it’s possible to use the SatNOGS client connected to the ICOM IC-9700 as described above? With UDP you can even run several clients in parallel.

It is also possible via USB Audio: The maximum sampling rate is 48 kHz, but according to GitHub - lesha108/decodfm: SDR for ICOM 9700/705 IF 12 kHz. Allows to receive 9600 bps packets from sats · GitHub the IF might be limited to 12 kHz. Thus 9600 packets still decodable.

Thanks, Peter

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Oh well, I just realized it’s not really an IQ IF but the baseband audio depending what demodulator is selected.. just USB, FM, etc.. Will work fine for up to 9k6 in FM or narrowband PSK modes, but not much more… However, would be still nice.

Wfview is able to route the baseband audio to the sound system and than to Soapy Audio-plugin?

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