Further connections were done via a commercial rig interface, in this case a Rigblaster. This was relatively easy to find at a good price via the Internet. In the case of my ICOM IC-706M2G, I learned that I needed a special cable. Fortunately, there is information on the Ham Radio Deluxe website that will help you get this part of the job done. How you do so depends on which radio you have and what kind of ports your computer has available. In order to use software to control your radio, you will need to provide a hardware connection between the radio and your computer. This is one of the most important reasons to choose Ham Radio Deluxe. I like the fact that I don't have to worry about ditching my rig control program because it is hopelessly out of date. Ham Radio Deluxe is different, because it keeps getting better and better. Oftentimes you will find that a rig control program has maybe one or two releases, and not very much changes, if anything, after that. The fact that HRD is always in active development sets it aside from many other software packages. It has gone through many releases and upgrades over the years, and I have used it with great success in my own ham shack for many of the years that it has been available. The difference is that the software author does not license the software under an open source licensing agreement, and the computer code is not public.īefore I get into any details about Ham Radio Deluxe, I think we should make it clear that this software is constantly under development and is thus being improved all the time. The policy is to support Windows versions which are supported by Microsoft.Īny licensed Amateur may download, install, and use HRD. It may work with Windows 98 but this is not supported.
It is designed for Windows 2000 or higher (XP, Vista, 7), also Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) is required. Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) also includes mapping, satellite tracking and the digital mode program Digital Master 780 (DM780). Ham Radio Deluxe is a free software suite written by Simon Brown, HB9DRV. This information pertains to users of Microsoft Windows because the software is written to run specifically on that operating system. Today, I want to tell you about a wonderful way to control many modern amateur radio transceivers using a personal computer. Last week we talked about the free audio editing program called Audacity.
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