Simple Ham Radio Remote
A ham radio remote web app hosted on a Raspberry Pi in your ham station to remote control, operate your amateur ham radio station through a web browser from a PC, Laptop, Android - (²Apple) phone.
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How it works
- Simple ham radio remote web app is hosted on a Raspberry Pi in your amateur ham radio station.
- The IC-7300 USB port is connected to any USB port on the Raspberry Pi, it provides radio remote control and two-way audio.
- The Raspberry Pi Ethernet port is connected to any open LAN port on your router.
- The IC-7300 in your station can now be remote controlled and operated using compatible Internet web browser from a PC, Laptop, Android - (¹Apple) phone.
- Ham radio remote control and 2 way Audio are integrated into the web browser app. No additional software such as Mumble, Skype or Teamviewer is required.
Radios Supported
Simple Ham Radio Remote supports most Icom CI-V, Yaesu CAT controlled HF transceivers.
The following HF transceivers are currently available during the set-up process.
Icom IC 7300, IC 7610, IC-705 (HF/vhf/uhf)
Icom IC 7300, IC 7610, IC-705 (have been tested)
Icom IC 2730 (vhf/uhf) Mobile Radio (has been tested) Here
Yaesu FT 450, FT 950, FT 2000
Yaesu FT 2000 (has been tested)
Cost-Effective
Simple ham radio remote web app hosted on a small, low-cost Raspberry Pi or Le Potato credit card-sized computer is a cost-effective way to remote control and operate an HF transceiver in your amateur ham radio station.
This is a ³headless installation that doesn't require any kind of extra hardware (such as a monitor, a keyboard, or a mouse). All you need is the Raspberry Pi itself, a microSD card, a 5V power supply, a USB cable, a network cable, and a connection to the local area network (LAN).
No Subscription Fees ALL SimpleHRR Web applications are free to use.
Accessible
(click link then image for Additional Details)
Local area network (LAN), WiFi, and Internet
Dedicated WiFi Hotspot
Mobile WiFi Hotspot
Features
- Easy-to-use user interface
- Individual users account for each operator
- Selectable Radio power On-Off, Push-to-Talk GPIO pin
Webcam to monitor equipment in the station or stream external display
Web server to host a web page and/or both a user schedule for the station
Functions
- Radio
- Power On/Off
- Band Select
- Mode Select
- NOTCH On/Off
- NB On/Off
- NR On/Off
- COMP On/Off
- MONI On/Off
- VOX On/Off
- VFO Knob
- PTT
- RX Controls
- SQL Level
- NB Level
- NR Level
- AF Level
- RF Gain
- AGC Select
- P.Amp Select
- TX Controls
- RF Power
- COMP Level
- Mic Gain
- VOX Gain
- Anti VOX Level
- Monitor Level
- Tuner OFF ON TUNE
Space bar: ( PTT )
The mouse scroll wheel can be used to change the VFO by hovering on the frequency digit or the VFO knob; it can also be used to adjust slider values by hovering over them.
The radio will automatically turn off when the network connection is lost or when the web browser is accidentally closed, refreshed, or reloaded. This is a safety feature, so you do not have to worry about the radio staying on while stuck in transmit.
Radio remote control, 2-way audio, Webcam, Web server, Selectable relay GPIO pins for Power ON/OFF and Push-to-Talk are integrated into the web browser app.
Easy to Install: Simple Ham Radio Remote comes preinstalled on a Raspbian Lite Image which is flashed onto an 8GB or larger microSD card using your favorite software to flash microSD cards.
Supported web browsers: Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox on PC, Laptop, Android - (¹Apple) phone.
If you are new to the Raspberry Pi, to get started you can use any "Getting started with your Raspberry Pi" Tutorial or Guide on the internet to flash the image on a microSD card.
This is the simplest way to remote control your ham radio station, there is no additional software to install like Remote Desktop, RealVNC, Mumble, Skype or Teamviewer, all you need is a web browser on your remote device to operate the station.
*SimpleHRR is the short name Simple Ham Radio Remote.
¹ web app is application software that is accessed using a web browser.
² Apple phone only tested with ios safari iPhone 12.
³ headless a Raspberry Pi is considered headless when you have no monitor or keyboard connected to it.
If you are searching for a very basic remote control solution for your ham radio station.
Simple ham radio remote might be what you are looking for.