I did try wfview, but not complete. The only area I currently notice of lag, is when I enable scan from the app, instead of the radio. The lag is noticable when you are in the same room or close enough. Once out of sight, that lag becomes normal. It the same with ham radio repeaters that are linked to several other repeaters. Even with DStasr links the lag is there too. So far not an issue for me, but I can imagine when you are remote and the internet is slow. Still trying to decide which way to go with hotspot device. OpenSpot Pro 4 or uv1-aj mmdvm rfinder. Try to get info on the uv1-aj but couldn't find it online. Not sure how often I would use it. Terminal mode seem to be enough most of the time. SDR-Control still need refining and when buying all three, it expensive. While nice on the iphone and ipad, I still prefer to use it on the mac computer. I don't notice any lag there, so far. Never tried wfview on an iphone or ipad, just on the mac. thanks - alex

@@SimplyOffGridLife Hi my friend, as for the hotspot I happily use a small Pi0 that is cheap and works well, I leave it on even for weeks without problems, although yes, the terminal mode if you don't have to jump from one reflector to another is excellent! As for sdr remote, I'm testing it overlan from my home office and for now the most satisfying setup is to have wfview on the home mac that acts as a server and remotely sdr control on my iphone this has allowed me to make several qsos in voice remotely away from my home.

I have to try it out later on. My IC-7300 is the base unit and the ic-705 I use as my vhf/uhf radio mostly at home, but it will be used on all bands when offgrid, rving, etc. I have a bunch of H3 and H8, we use it when were in the moutains, hiking, fishing. The group is alway in contact with everyone. It even handy not having to shout out, so I am heard inside the trailer. Thanks for the info, keep in touch, alex

Glad it was helpful. We certainly love it. Also when it very hot 40c, etc. Running a bit of cool water make handling the heat spell. Good not just for hot showers but for cooling down when too hot outside, heat spell We extend the water supply in the RV by using it, especially when off grid. Keep the grey tank from filling up too . We use blue storage containers. Holds 20 gallon each. When possible we try filling with potable water when available near by. With truck we can refill quick. We have the two man tent they provide. Just right. I can see in some more permanent situation, the 3 section could be handy. For us the two room unit is just right.

Yes, it not too obvious to remove it. Probably to keep young one from taking it out. It a bit stiff but it does pop off without having to force it. New made be a bit harder at first.

@SimplyOffGridLife Thanks, I got it now off, but the biggest problem I can't find anywher replacement batterys not on amazon, ebay or aliexpress and on the picture and the internal battery that's deliverd are 2 different names of batterys. One say Model BL-628(1400mAh) Battery and in my Was a Model BP-11 (1000mAh) Battery inside. Beside that it's almost impossible anyway to get batterys seperat true the uk custom, becourse of some weard regulations, that I think are bs, how do even get that shops them to them for selling but the end user can't buy them, realy weard all.

I did get two more for my kids and I got it from Tidradio. Never check to see if amazon carries it. Send an email to Tidradio, they will respond with the proper info for you. Give them the serial number of the radio. I believe they upgraded the battery to higher capacity. Check with Tidradio first before purchasing, unless you get quick and free return/refund. Great, I know about open the battery compartment. I just did it slowly prying it open along the edges. Turn out to be quick and easy.

Great, good to know. I used chirp and odmater when testing. At the time, I couldn't turn of voice. I gave the unit to my kids. all work for them For myself I use the H3 and H8 and the ic-705 for vhf and uhf. I may later consider a HT that support either Dstar or GMR unit. I am looking at another option, using the iphone and openspot pro 4. Will show more later via a video. You don’t need a transceiver for the Pro! Use the free SharkRF Link app on your computer or phone to talk. You would need to be a ham radio operator and registered with DStar

My unit is still in storage, waiting for ice fishing season. If I recall correctly, my unit has bluetooth and I use an iphone app to control it. The clock is set too, if I remember correctly. I never recall setting the time via the panel. I take a look when we get the unit out for the season.

Webpage is closed, now just on utube

Yes we did, thank for allowing me to break in and have a chat.

Yes, aware of that, but I have made occasional contact and chats. It one way to find out, if this mode would be of interest. One can decide how much you want to invest into hotspot devices, Openspot 4 Pro vrs the kits. Though the price is narrowing down. Also Pi-Star may shut down end of December according the company that run it. They will meet in december and decide if it shut down or get extended. They may end customer support for sure, but will the Pi-Star page stay and/or no further updates? hummm

We can run Window, but don't enjoy using it for ham radio. We hanging on to one intel Macbook Pro 15 inch unit. To do window base updates that we still have.

I find, that there is only 3 sites that I care to monitor on Terminal Mode & can switch pretty quick between them.' If i was to go heavy into this, I proably will go with the Openspot 4 Pro. It would free up my ic-705 and I can use iphone or ipad to monitor/chat on. No radio required. One wouldn't have to buy another dstar radio. For mobile use, the iphone with cellular data would be enough for monitoring or an urgent need to contact. The unit is grabbing my curiousity. The openSPOT4 Pro extends the feature set of the openSPOT4 with onboard transcoding hardware: The openSPOT4 Pro has the best voice quality in cross mode operation. You don’t need a transceiver for the Pro! Use the free SharkRF Link app on your computer or phone to talk. Supports D-STAR cross modes: use your D-STAR transceiver to access DMR, C4FM, NXDN networks, or your DMR, C4FM, NXDN transceiver to access D-STAR networks Supports call audio playback on the web interface Supports 10 configuration profiles

@@SimplyOffGridLife I have a pi economic and work fine!

@@SimplyOffGridLife I don't know this product, it's not widespread in Europe! I'm going to read more information right away! thanks

Thanks!

Ghost Resevoir Dam, hard to catch. Lot of Mountain White, but they don't see to take our bait. The one who do, are under 12 inches, so we have to release them. Need a camera to catch them & more entertaining too. We got a few that were keepers. Also, the one we caught required a long drive from the boat launch. Ice was 3 or 4 feet thick, felt very safe.

We did catch a glimsp of some very big fish but too far to determine what they were. The fish seem to hang out in certain spots.

I have to admit, I like the 705 now, more than 7300. They are very identical, other than 10 watt verses 100 watt and Dstar & no Dstar on ic7300. (for vhf/uhf should be a must). Also usb/wifi vrs just usb connections. The Ic-705 make it better for mobile, portable use. For apartment dwellers, they can use internet to make connections globally. We are just exploring DR mode and Dstar terminal mode, more to come. For home base use, the IC-7300 is more than adequate. We needed a second radio with vhf/uhf, so both fill our needs. If you only want HF, no interest in vhf/uhf option or Dstar options, than IC-7300 or similar would be best. If one only can have one radio, then 705. Later one could add tuner and amplifier if needed. The only very small shortcomming is lack of builtin tuner. However, I have no problem matching the antenna. I was hoping to show a video on this shortly. I will be showing Comet model ca-2x4sr with pl259 connector testing swr on 2 & 70cm. We use this for that band, allowing us to connect to a dozen or so repeaters. Will demo the pro and con of this antenna, We are just about finishing setup on channel and dv repeater modification. i found another reason to have fm repeater list in DV memory. One can check the distances from your location. It will list on nearby repeaters. Handy when you do lots of traveling. Also, it useful for Hotspot setup for DV. More than come Regarding SDR Control. Currently for Apple devices the best option. Only icom could do better if they made their control software available for mac, not just windows. Guess, they lack programmers or something. They have release some app, they kinda of work, but very buggy still. I have been using the desktop version for a long time, no issues, does it all. Works just the same when connected to ic705 via wlan. The only weakness I found so far, has to do with scanning, scan slow down a lot, but work great. If I am monitoring on SDR Control, but physically can approach the ic705, I would start the scan and walk away. Then the scan speed is fast. I be showing more details later, but for remote, I found the iphone useful, because you always have it with you. Used it for tuning antenna, output watt at antenna input. Don't have to have a second person, keying the PTT. Do it on the phone. Work great for chating too.

@@SimplyOffGridLife I agree with every word you say. I love your answers so rich in information! and I really love the 705 that I use almost every morning in qrp from the beach before going to work! now I have ordered a clone of the Juma 150w amplifier and I want to try to use ic705 in the station as the only radio (I will let my 7300 and 9700 rest a bit) if the combination satisfies me I think I will sell my two main devices and keep only the 705 at the moment I do not use tuners neither in the station nor in portable activity but I agree that a big lack of the 705 is the lack of an internal tuner.

thanks, we tool a quick jab at Terminal Mode, got it to work & figured out why so many having hard time using. Will do video on it later. That part accomplished, now to setup using reflectors in terminal mode. We need to go that way, as local dv repeater are down or not accessible yet. We made our first contact on terminal mode. Had lengthy chat with a guy using starlink. he sent the famous I love icom picture and it arrived full detail. Couldn't send one, as i have to make one first. Now I know how to recieve pictures, eh.....lol. take care

Sound good. Yes, with HF one usually moving antenna, unless fixed at homebase, so tuner reduces setup time. HF matching, bandwidth is narrow, so lot of redoing matching, unlike vhf/uhf, as shown in my next video, broad banded and one can kick it around, move it, etc and SWR is all good. I believe all the tuner that are sold for the ic705 are only for HF bands & I think 6m. So 2m and 70cm no tuner regardless, but as my video demo, not an issue. Keep in touch and let me know how the amp work. Be nice to get amp and tuner in one, but usually they are for home base setup. Correct me if I am wrong. I will be keeping my IC7300, so I would not need amps or tuners, I thnk it would be cheaper in the end. Accessories are over priced. 73's

Currently that option is not available. The H8 is marketed to Ham radio operators generally, the H3 is for a mix market. They have not provided a new firmware since September 2023. We have both the H3 and the H8, and both are great, though I like the H8 more. Will have video later on the digital mode units. There are 3 different types, one is used by icom and kenwood, dstar DV, yaesu has their own, Fusion and china has their own, DMR? I prefer myself DV DStar

@@SimplyOffGridLife Thanks for your reply and for the clarification. My aim is to use the radio when joining with other people to go on off-road journeys, and having a way to easily copy the frequencies from their radios is a well appreciated feature. in another words, I think it's a downside for the H8 not having this feature (well, I can always use the H3 to find other radios frequency and code and set the H8 accordingly). I am an complete amateur and this is my first contact with a programmable two way radio (before I had a couple of Motorola Talkabout) and by the way, the first thing I tried to do was to put the Tidradios (I bought a H3 and two H8) to communicate with the Motorolas, though I had no experience at all, I found quite easy to do. kudos to tidradio for making this process so easy.

We use the H3 for RV, Camping, Fishing, Ice Fishing. No shouting required. The H8 hardware wise could be programmed via firmware update, but it easy to sync the frequencies by exporting the CSV files after H3 is setup to the H8. There are some functions that are different, but syncing not an issue with the differences. Great on having your ARS, we are also advance ARS for a long time with endorsements. I will be doing an ic-705 video, u may like the size, some use it as a HT. It tx/rx hf to UHF, all modes.

No on their site, just experimental sites. I tried it and don't see anything new. Some bugs I did notice. Stick to the June firmware, no difference features between june or july. I have install an august beta, some bugs. Lost of Transmission for some, they are looking for cause, initially firmware was the suspect, however, from my experience at this end, I think the issue is method of firmware update & possible issue with their option mic/speaker unit. Transmitting out of band, could result in very high SWR, killing the finals. Alway check SWR that it less than 3 or better. Some radio. will not allow transmission when swr is 3 or more ratio. Like Icom. Don't think this feature is fully inplemented on the H3 or H8 All to be determined.

No bluetooth is not required to be on. I just did a test and it doing it wireless copy. Good question. I been leaving bluetooth on, but good idea to turn off and save on battery.

Glad you liked it!

SDR Control I use is only for the mac. One would need to buy SDR Control for ipad or iphone. However, I think it only for wifi radio, like ic-705. 7610, 9700 or ic-r8600. One would need to buy it for each type of device. The ipad is 70.00 in Canadian Currency. I have use wfview and I notice it supprt server, but never got around to playing with it, as the interface is missing features that I like with SDR-Control. It is on a to do list. Did you have success with it? If so, let me know, thanks. I have plans to pick up another radio for mobile and offgrid use and I am considering the ic-705. Still thinking about it. I also plan on getting ic-2730A for repeater function for handheld when remote, extend the handheld range from camp site.

@@SimplyOffGridLife you have big plans! I use the ic7300 with wfview and sdr control on iPad without any major problems except for a bit of latency. It seems strange to me that you can't do the same thing via sdrcontrol for Mac! the 705 is an excellent radio, I use it with pleasure in my Qrp outings! unfortunately I bought a Mac specifically to use the 7300 remotely, if I don't find a way to make it work I'll have to go back to Windows and use Icom's RSBA which works very well!

We are all mac equipment. We kept and do have an intel macbook pro 15 that we hve window 10 installed via bootcamp, for some of the stuff that only works on windows. We have not tried to do remote connections yet with the ic-7300. The SDR-Control is a mac version and works flawlessly. Currently we are using MaxBookPro 16 M1 chip. I was thinking of getting the ipad version, but it doesn't list ic-7300. Our ipad is the M1 chip version. What equipment chip ipad are you using, perhaps and M1 or higher may reduce your latency issues? Question, how do you connect your ipad to the ic-7300? USB cable, wifi, ethernet. If it work for you, I may grab the ipad version. Appreciate the info. By the way, we subscribe and took a quite look at ur utube site. With your IC-7300 and SDR-Control macbook version, were you successful in conecting your mac computer to your ic-7300. Work flawlessly here. i believe there are some who manage to go remote, but can't remember what they used or the site. Some sort of network configurations?

@@SimplyOffGridLife I use an old ipad 5gen, and a mac mini 2014. I have no problem operating remotely using wfview as a server but I have not found the method instead of using sdrcontrol as a server and it seems strange to me that it is not possible.

Probably SDR Control needs to add the feature, if wfview can do it, the author should add that feature. Have you tried sending him an email and asked why or if he will support that, since wfview has it. So you are running Wfview on your mac computer as server and allowing SDR-Control on your ipad to remotely connect to your ic-7300 via wfview server setup that is connected to your Mac computer. Just trying to understand your setup. FYI, I am runing lastest version of Sequoia, OS15.1 There is a program called loopback with extension audio routing kit, ARK. He was able to reroute the audio from his SDR program receiver. Which work for him. However you would need a port reroute to access the usb siliconlab driver/port. Something i may try when i have the other equipment in the future.

Camping out and at night hearing the loons, just make the night great. I have recorded lots of loon calls. Favorite nature call...

Favourtie Nature's Call, the loons. Notice you are also a ham radio operator. Same here & similiar equipment.

how to keep the mod with the august firmware ?? cant the mod be installed with diffrent firmware ?

Yes, it can be done. I tried even some bad mods. in order to revert you need to do EEPROM_WIPE.bin, available at same site. After that, I did the august firmware update, tested okay, then I did surenic mod to have the battery percentage, tone freq and s-meter option. Tested and work with the unofficial august mod. The official firmware is still June. Mod work on both firmware. Do the firmware update first, or use current install and then add the mod. Worse scenerio, one can do a EEPROM_WIPE.bin. I haven't found anything new in the august mod. I also suspect that tidradio stop firmware updates, as one of the update was bad and may have cause tx power lost. For some doing the eeprom wipe fixed the issue??? All gossip at this time???

@@SimplyOffGridLife thanks a million for your replay. i appreicate your time and awesome answer. im your new fan

We may not able to reply right away, but will try to do so asap. Many project on the go.. thanks for your support

Glad you like it!

It is beta, no issue with any of my 4. I constantly do firmware update. Sometimes a bug can happen. I do a eeprom erase if an issue. so far all good. Radio are so cheap to buy and Tidradio will replace the unit within warranty period. I had the 2407 install when it was first released. It was removed and they offered june version. Which I tested and doesn't seem to lose any features. I suspect it the option mics that are causing any of the issue. Excessive drive issue i suspect. Just guessing from what I can ascertain? Love the units. Great for kicking around the radio and not concern about damage or lost or theft unlike my icoms, etc. If in rough enviroment use, I use the h3.

So far, all good and nice with the mods. I like the S-meter now and even rf power, it will show your low power and high. It also shows the tones and the frequency the reapeater uses. Tidradio should add this feature to their next official updates, hopefully.

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