I/Q Signal; General; D General Description - Icom IC-R8600 Reference Manual

I/Q SIGNAL

■ General

D General description

You can get I/Q signals from the [I/Q OUT] port on the IC-R8600 by connecting the IC-R8600 and a PC, with a
USB cable. You can receive I/Q signals and control the IC-R8600, through the USB cable.
［I/Q OUT］ port
• I/Q data
• Control command
IC-R8600
(Ver.1.30 or later)
Requirement:
• IC-R8600 firmware must be version 1.3 or later.
• Windows 7 /8.1/10 PC (32 bit or 64 bit)
• USB 2.0 or higher
USB I/Q Package for HDSDR
• USB I/Q driver (
You can download it from the Icom web site. (The software is commonly used with HDSDR*.)
*An SDR receive software (freeware). You can download it from: http://www.hdsdr.de/
I/Q signal specifications:
Sampling frequency
5.12 MHz
3.84 MHz
1.92 MHz
960 kHz
480 kHz
240 kHz
USB cable
［USB］ port
(USB3.0/USB2.0)
PC
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 7
)
Bit depth
Signal Bandwidth
16-bit 24-bit
Yes N/A 4.48 MHz
Yes Yes 3.31 MHz
Yes Yes 1.63 MHz
Yes Yes 815 kHz
Yes Yes 408 kHz
Yes Yes 203 kHz
Driver
(32/64 bit)
(32/64 bit)
(32/64 bit)
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