Can anyone tell me how I might connect to my Icom 718, or point me to some docs?
I’d like to be able to have the computer read the frequency and mode when recording QSO’s
Any and all help appreciated.
Are you looking for software, or connectivity help? I’m not a Ham radio enthusiast, but a bit of googling led me to
It looks like you may need a third-party communication device like that detailed in above web page.
Here’s a potentially useful PDF reference:
Index of /presentationsLinux-Ham-Radio.pdf
I am looking for connectivity help. I have flidgi, grig and CQRlog (software). I need to be able to physically connect the radio to the computer so the radio, computer and software can communicate. Thanks for the resources. I havn’t seen them in my searches.
On 06/16/2012 04:36 AM, rick71 wrote:
> I havn’t seen them in my searches.
we don’t have a ham forum, but there are some hams in and out, and
around here and there…and, you probably need to connect to some
hams…to try to help you find them i used Google’s “site specifier”
switch to force a search only within the openSUSE universe (like so
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:opensuse.org+“ham+radio”)
consequently i found a long list (2,910) of ham related hits…which i
didn’t dig into more…but, you may want to…
for example, i quickly learned that there is an openSUSE mail list named
“opensuse-ham” with a searchable database of mail, which you may want to
search, like
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-ham/+[your
string of interest]
for example,
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-ham/+IC-718
turns up five hits (which may or may not be useful)…
or, since there are so few hams wandering around in these forum looking
for questions to answer, you may want to join that mail list…to do
that, begin here:
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Communication_channels#Mailing_lists to
get your general info and mailing list netiquette, and then subscribe
opensuse-ham@opensuse.org from this page
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_lists
10-10
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dd
Thank you very much.
I tried your original link … https://www.google.com/search?q=site:opensuse.org+“ham+radio” … and I can’t get it to work. I did change the :o to both 
and O. Neither worked.
I am looking through the opensuse Ham mailing list now.
On 06/16/2012 03:46 PM, rick71 wrote:
>
> I did change the :o to both and O. Neither worked.
brain dead forum software!
try http://tinyurl.com/c3c9uzq
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dd
On 2012-06-16 16:22, dd@home.dk wrote:
> On 06/16/2012 03:46 PM, rick71 wrote:
>>
>> I did change the :o to both and O. Neither worked.
>
> brain dead forum software!
> try http://tinyurl.com/c3c9uzq
You have to learn to use URL tags - I don’t know if I can post them. Trying:
[here](")
But your link contains the " symbol and I don’t know how to do that one.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
That worked.
Thanks
On 06/16/2012 05:18 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> You have to learn to use URL tags
i just put this where i can easily swipe and paste into a google blank:
site%3Aforums.opensuse.org
site%3Adoc.opensuse.org
site%3Aen.opensuse.org
site%3Aopensuse.org
where %3A = :
or into a post, as
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A[forums | doc | en |
…]opensuse.org [search string words “and phrases”]
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dd
I asked here first, because I use opensuse. Most of the people that run a linux distro on QRZ.com and eham.net seem to use Ubuntu or one of it’s derivatives, so I haven’t asked there yet.
I’ll probably order one of the Chinese cables for an Icom and see how that works.
Thanks for the reply.
I have received my CI-V cable for radio control, and have been able to connect the radio to my audio card for digital modes. It has been quite a learning experience, but I have been able to stay with opensuse and not move to Ubuntu or Debian. So far, nothing is working 100% 
I am able to decode digital communications and CW.
There is a flidigi group on Yahoo that was tremendously helpful for non-distro specific problems. The devs seem to use it as a support form. There’s also a group for my radio.
The author of cqrlog is extremely helpful and produces bug fixes quite quickly. There is no opensuse package for cqrlog (contact logging software), but you can run it from your home directory.
On 12/16/2012 05:06 PM, rick71 wrote:
> I have been able to stay with opensuse and
> not move to Ubuntu or Debian.
welllll…good for you…i must be more lazy than you because i guess i
would have switched to what works easier (Debian, with its larger ham
base) for what i wanted to do…
dd
I think much of the software is available in the opensuse ham repositories. Other stuff I just plop in my bin directory in my home. I might start experimenting with /opt again. need to write that stuff down so I’ll have it when I get a around to upgrading 12.1.
I have an Ubuntu server at work, an XUbuntu netbook, and a Debian desktop at home. Since I am not using a particular opensource virtual classroom app at work, I can probably switch. I noodle around on the others, but as long as KDE keeps the few things I really want and doesn’t get too bloated, I’ll stay with it. YAST is a huge assets itself. My experience with Debian is low, so it is a pain to get stuff working that you take for granted in opensuse or Ubuntu. Besides, I’ve used Suse then opensuse on and off for years.
Now I can program my cheap 2 meter handheld (I am ordering the next model up this week, I think), take a look at the comm satellite’s orbits, control my radio somewhat from the computer, decode and read various digital modes and CW, and have my call logging software get my frequency from the radio.
I thik I’ll just have to use the same system I use for Wordpress plugins and themes. I have text files describing changes, so I can make them when I update the plugins. I’ll just have to do the same type of thing with my radio apps… noting which are from opensuse, and which are just plopped in ~/bin or /opt
On 12/17/2012 02:46 AM, rick71 wrote:
> need to write that stuff down
> so I’ll have it when I get a around to upgrading 12.1.
i guess you know that all of the 11.x series (and before) of openSUSE
have lived past their end of life…and, if your openSUSE is exposed to
external networks you need to take steps to shelter your systems which
are no longer receiving security updates…
on the other hand, if you are running 11.4 or 11.2 you can move into
Evergreen and stay safe a while longer…(i’m on 11.4 Evergreen this
second.)
see http://tinyurl.com/4aflkpy
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dd http://goo.gl/PUjnL
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat http://tinyurl.com/DD-Hardware
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Software
I guess I was unclear
I am using 12.1. I will be upgrading in a year-ish, so I’ll probably have forgotten how I got this stuff to work.