Hello, can you confirm what cable is need required for Icom ID-5200A ?
thansk
For sound card modes (VARA FM, SSTV, VarAC) use Digirig Lite or Digirig Mobile with the Icom RJ-45 cable. It plugs into the mic jack and an external speaker jack. The mic jack pinout matches the ID-5100, which this cable supports. I haven’t tested it on the 5200 yet, so please let me know how it works for you.
Use the SP2 speaker jack and run data on the B band. That way you still hear the A band on the internal speaker.
For Packet, APRS, Winlink over packet, programming and CAT don’t need an interface. The ID-5200A has a built-in KISS TNC, and CI-V over its USB-C port.
73 de K0TX
Thank you! If I do this way, I will update this thread with my testing
'73
Well, I don’t have mine working yet, so I could certainly be wrong, but I don’t think you want to give up your mike jack when you have a data socket available. I HAVE used the 5100, and changing the volume messes up your settings, and you have to switch between your mike and your digirig. I believe you can hook up to the 2.5mm data socket, and not have that changed by your volume settings, and without having to disconnect your mike.
The 2.5mm DATA jack on the ID-5200A is a serial port (CI-V, DV data, the built-in KISS TNC, GPS input). There is no audio on it, so a sound card interface can’t connect there.
For packet and APRS that’s the better route anyway: use the internal KISS TNC over USB-C, Bluetooth or the DATA jack, no Digirig needed.
For sound card modes (VARA FM, SSTV) the mic jack is the only audio input, so yes, the hand mic has to come out. To keep the volume knob out of the way, put the speaker cable in SP2 and run data on the B band, then set the B band volume once and leave it.