A MUST HAVE!
A masterpiece, handy for SSB,CW,FTx, APRS, WSPR
Brilliant app
SDR-Control for Icom is an absolutely fantastic app and has completely transformed the way I use my Icom IC705 radio. The interface is well designed, intuitive and packed with useful features, making operating the radio from an iPad incredibly easy and enjoyable.
The connection via WiFi is reliable, the spectrum and waterfall displays look superb, FT8 & 4 along with logging work flawlessly and having so much control directly from the iPad makes for a brilliant operating experience. It’s clear that a huge amount of thought and work has gone into developing and continually improving the app, my wish list would see the addition of RTTY, JS8call & maybe psk
For any Icom owner with a compatible radio and an iPad, I would highly recommend SDR-Control. It’s a professional, feature-rich and genuinely useful piece of software that is well worth the money. Excellent work from the developer! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The connection via WiFi is reliable, the spectrum and waterfall displays look superb, FT8 & 4 along with logging work flawlessly and having so much control directly from the iPad makes for a brilliant operating experience. It’s clear that a huge amount of thought and work has gone into developing and continually improving the app, my wish list would see the addition of RTTY, JS8call & maybe psk
For any Icom owner with a compatible radio and an iPad, I would highly recommend SDR-Control. It’s a professional, feature-rich and genuinely useful piece of software that is well worth the money. Excellent work from the developer! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Great and fantastic support
I deliberately changed my radio to a IC-7610 for this app. Expensive yes but at 73 what the heck. I’ve had some self inflicted issues and Marcus has been fantastic in helping me sort. This app works superb and fully recommend. 10/10 and would buy again. Have the iPad version and will probably buy the Mac version next.
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A grey addition for the Icom 705 etc
Use this a lot especially for the FT8 functionality and is brilliant. Remote operation is a breeze too. Highly recommended.
Great app but with red flags
This is amazing software that I have used for many years. I recently noticed the inclusion of an obviously AI-generated icon inside the app (the WSPR icon), which is disappointing because it leads me to believe that at least a portion of the codebase may be vibe coded. Additionally, AI-generated icons look cheap (and this is an expensive application). As a software developer myself (professional - 10 years), this is important because vibe coding can lead to issues such as unmaintainable and/or unreliable software. This app has served me well up until now and I hope it continues to do so.
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Excellent, needs one addition!
An excellent piece of software. Easy to use and very well designed. Lots of YouTube videos to assist with this application.
Needs one more thing to make it a premium experience; JS8CALL really does need to be added! Please, please do try to get this done!
Needs one more thing to make it a premium experience; JS8CALL really does need to be added! Please, please do try to get this done!
doesn’t support ft8 contesting
The app itself works real well. There is a slight learning curve to get it working but the manual is very helpful to get through that.
It’s very cool to be on one’s couch and make ft8 contacts. though my biggest gripe is that ft8 doesn’t support the extra characters for contesting or field day. Even if you’re not part of the contest you can’t respond to those that have the extra characters. The app author is pretty adamant about not supporting this. To me that alone makes the app useless and not worth buying. I wish i realized that before I bought the app.
It’s very cool to be on one’s couch and make ft8 contacts. though my biggest gripe is that ft8 doesn’t support the extra characters for contesting or field day. Even if you’re not part of the contest you can’t respond to those that have the extra characters. The app author is pretty adamant about not supporting this. To me that alone makes the app useless and not worth buying. I wish i realized that before I bought the app.
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Response from developer
Thanks for your two stars! 73, Marcus, DL8MRE
Exceptional Application and fun to use 4.8
the package is fun to use and considering it’s over the internet and back to my 7610 its really a nice package. The CW, FT8 functions work well. The CW keyboard and decoding is good. I am pleased with the price point and the package is well thought out and very modular. I like the export of the log to the cloud and will do an adif import from the cloud export. It would be nice to have split windows but the toggling back and forth loses nothing in the contact QSL logging process.
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Crashes constantly
Crashes all the time and changes settings on my 705 on its own. Don’t buy. You won’t get a refund either.
Memory Scanning Limited/Cumbersome
Nice app. Performs well, but seems a bit unfinished. It seems to lack features/layout that would make it pleasurable to use for scanning purposes. One of the most annoying scanning limitations is buggy scanning and the inability to scan memories by Group (bank). The author proposes a workaround which is to mark those memories you want to scan on-radio (faster) using the channel stars, but this is inconvenient and would upset any star-rated memory scanning setup you have on the radio, effectively nullifying that feature in the radio for at least one of the three star groups.
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Response from developer
Maybe you are doing something wrong but I am happy to help. Kindly contact me using the app included contact support feature. Thanks, 73s, Marcus, DL8MRE
Amazing App for ICOM IC-705
This is an incredible application which allows full wireless control of the IC-705 from an iPad. I had initial interest in running FT8 wirelessly while operating POTA. Since installing the app I have been amazed with its ability to do other modes as well. The waterfall display and control panel are very intuitive and easy to use. Moreover, the manual is well written and covers not only the setup of the software, but setup of the radio itself. I installed the app on my primary iPad and it worked perfectly. Then I installed it on my iPad mini and encountered problems connecting to the radio. I emailed Marcus and he very promptly responded with recommendations on fixing my iPad’s networking problem. I couldn’t be happier with this app and the service I received. The cost is well worth the value. Thanks Marcus. AA4GE
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Very Good Indeed.
I had Marcus software for my Flex so knew how good it was, now I have it for the 7610 it’s just as good, works right out of the box with very easy setup, highly recommended.
Ancora meglio
Usavo su iPad la versione per iPhone ma installando la sua dedicata e’ tutta un’altra cosa, ancora meglio, Marcus spero che aggiungerai la possibilità di operare anche in RTTY anche versando una quota supplementare mi piacerebbe poterla avere, complimenti, bravo.
73 de I1YHU Gianni
73 de I1YHU Gianni
Superb app and great manual
There are only a few apps which give one that transcendent feeling due to their ease of use and the functionality they give to the user.
This is one of those apps.
It is quite clear that the developer is knowledgeable about both software development and about amateur radio. It just works.
The manual is well written, unusually complete and is done using the proper tools. There is both an online and offline (pdf) version available.
I know that this app has a cost to it. But, trust me, this is one of those cases where you actually get more than you pay for. (And, writing and maintaining good software takes time and talent, making this a wise one time purchase.) I got the iPad version first. Then within an hour purchased the Mac version.
This is one of those apps.
It is quite clear that the developer is knowledgeable about both software development and about amateur radio. It just works.
The manual is well written, unusually complete and is done using the proper tools. There is both an online and offline (pdf) version available.
I know that this app has a cost to it. But, trust me, this is one of those cases where you actually get more than you pay for. (And, writing and maintaining good software takes time and talent, making this a wise one time purchase.) I got the iPad version first. Then within an hour purchased the Mac version.
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Fantastic App with excellent manual
Most apps, even some of the better ones, don’t provide a comprehensive app. This app provides an excellent app. I had some questions regarding connection of the app on my iPad Air to my 9700. All my questions were answered with great clear explanations of the proper setup with my particular model radio. It’s packed with dentures too which enable you to do just about everything you want without additional hardware or software. It’s money very well spent if you own one of the Icom models supported.
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Excellent, needs one addition!
An excellent piece of software. Easy to use and very well designed. Lots of YouTube videos to assist with this application.
Needs one more thing to make it a premium experience; JS8CALL really does need to be added! Please, please do try to get this done!
Needs one more thing to make it a premium experience; JS8CALL really does need to be added! Please, please do try to get this done!
Excellent
I bought this to help out a friend setting it up remotely. So glad I did. Once connected everything just worked. FT8 from an iPad without wires, Logbook, DX-Cluster and an excellent manual to name but a few of its capabilities.
Sometimes the IC-705 doesn’t appear to turn on WiFi even though its displays it has but a toggle on/off fixes it.
CW Decoder not as good as FLDIGI but does work however most CW ops use their ears anyway. Yet to try CW via the iPad though.
Might have to now buy a Midi adapter and Pryme button just to try them out !
Very nice software Marcus. Thank you.
Sometimes the IC-705 doesn’t appear to turn on WiFi even though its displays it has but a toggle on/off fixes it.
CW Decoder not as good as FLDIGI but does work however most CW ops use their ears anyway. Yet to try CW via the iPad though.
Might have to now buy a Midi adapter and Pryme button just to try them out !
Very nice software Marcus. Thank you.
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Poor value
It kind of works on my LAN but half the time it wont successfully connect to the radio. When it does, the receive audio is very choppy and difficult to listen to. I think I wasted $50 on this unfortunately. Wish I could return it for a refund honestly.
The best HAM app for iOS
Thank you Markus for your professionalism and hard work. This app is very useful for new Icom radios. For my opinion it’s mast have app.
Probably next feature what many wants - is adding the voice digital modes like FreeDV. Also how about a FreeData or Winlink client inside smartphone.
Probably next feature what many wants - is adding the voice digital modes like FreeDV. Also how about a FreeData or Winlink client inside smartphone.
Great app but expensive…
Got to say once I got to grips with this it works brilliantly hence 5 stars. I’ve only used FT8 so far, if only Marcus offered discount as if you wanted the software for all your iOS devices your looking at spending a lot of money… Mac version alone is now £100, so if you wanted all versions for your iOS devices your looking at spending around £200 that’s quite a lot of money😀
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