Modifications to the IC-751A for the Digital Modes

If you have success with any of these modifications, please drop me a note to let me know your experiences. Update 11/09/2020: Added section on adding CW KEY and PTT lines using a USB to Serial RS-232 port. Update 10/24/2023: Added section describing how to add 3.5mm audio jacks instead of using 24 pin AUX [...]

Comparing RTL-SDR and IC-751A Receivers Using JT65 & JT9 Signals

  Once I had the RTL-SDR radio working as a pan-adapter for my IC-751A, I quickly became interested in seeing what I could do with all of those signals that were apparent on the SDR radio's waterfall.  My first goal was to see if I could receive the complete JT65 and JT9 signal band, with [...]

RTL-SDR Pan-adapter using HDSDR with the IC-751A

There is little doubt that the RTL-SDR tuner dongle radio receivers are the hottest new thing for the amateur radio experimenter.  Re-purposing the $10 tuner dongle to be an extraordinarily wide-band software defined radio is the subject of countless internet articles and videos.  Here I am adding my experiences to the crowd.  What I will describe [...]

Comparing Receivers with Digital Mode Signals

I entered second heaven when I got my second radio.  My original 32-year-old Icom IC-745 got placed on the back shelf when the new 29-year-old Icom IC-751A arrived.  As much as I enjoyed the old IC-745, I was after a little computer control, and the 745 predates the idea that people use computers.  The 751A, [...]