How to remote your radio

How to remote control your transceiver via internet

Feb 21, 2015

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If you want to remote your own ham radio station, nowadays you have several solutions. Basically there are two ways

Computer Based

This solution can work with almost all radios, and can be very cheap and does not require additional investments in your shack. Basically there are two ways to do it:

Connecting via Remote desktop applications (TeamViewer, VNC) or using Radio control client software to your computer’s shack, running a radio control software, and share audio using VoIP applications (Skype)
By using commercial Remote Control Interface products. These products, does not require a computer in your remote shack.

Computerless

This solution requires some commercial dedicated equipment and will work with selected radios only.

Some of these interfaces products support radios both on client and server mode allowing full remote radio control and even audio transmission.

Remote Amateur Radio operations

Some interesting articles on how to remotely control your transceiver via internet:

Remote Control Your HF Rig via the Internet

WA2EHI Alfred

By Alfred T Yerger II WA2EHI, in this PDF file explain how to remote your rig via the internet by using HRD Ham Radio Deluxe and skype

Ham Radio Remote Operation

G3YXM

Setting up a remote internet ham radio station and an antenna switch.

Yaesu FT-857 817 897 Remote control

HB9MTN

How to setup a Remote control ham radio station with Yaesu FT-8x7 radios via LAN or via internet.

SV5BYR Remote HF station setup

Mike

Remote HF - VHF - UHF radio station using TS-2000 and remoterig devices

Remote Radio Software

A selection of useful free software to control your ham radio transceiver or other shack devices, and to set up audio stream.

Jack Audio

JackAudio

The JACK Audio Connection Kit provides a robust, cross-platform solution for routing audio and MIDI data between various software applications with minimal latency. It addresses the common challenge of directing the output of one program, such as a digital mode decoder or SDR application, into the input of another, like a logging program or audio recorder. Jack audio is a multi platform application, runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS. This virtual audio cable functionality allows for complex signal flows, enabling users to simultaneously send audio from a single source to multiple destinations and even loop it back for recording or further processing within the same or different applications. For amateur radio operators, JACK facilitates advanced configurations for digital modes, contesting, and signal analysis. It supports intricate setups where a single radio's audio output can feed multiple decoders, spectrum analyzers, or recording utilities concurrently. The API is designed for real-time performance, crucial for applications requiring precise timing and minimal delay in audio processing.

IP-Sound

IPSound is a Free application for audio exchange client to client over a TCP/IPv4 network (Lan or Internet). The main purpose for the existence of IP Sound is to provide low quality audio 8-16kHz, with low latency for use together with remote control software for "ham" radio amateur equipment. IP-Sound is developed by SM5VXC.

SimplePTT

Norbert Varga

This free windows application is used for simply triggering PTT via DTR/RTS COM port pins. It supports remote PTT triggering with ptt2dtr as the server.

W4MQ Remote Base Software

handiham.org

Free software to operate your own Internet remote base ham radio station. Client module allow remote control to your ham radio station and to other radios available on the net, Host module instead allow to publish your radio in the internet.

RemAud Remote Audio Software

RemAud is a Voice over IP (VoIP) application primarily designed for two-way amateur radio remote control over the Internet. RemAud uses streaming-audio technology in a client-server architecture. It features high radio sound quality, low latency, low bandwidth and very low CPU usage by DF3CB

Additional Resources

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Remote Amateur Radio Videos

Taken from DXZone YouTube Playlist collection, a set of videos explaining how to remote control your radios and equipment, in computerless or computer based methods.