NARC-1

Modified

January 28, 2025

Overview

NARC-1 is the first HF station on your left as you enter the station.

Figure 3.1: NARC-1 operating position

Equipment summary

  • Icom IC-7610 (HF + 6m) transceiver

    • Astron RS-35A power supply

  • Icom SM-50 desk mic

  • Clipper PTT footswitch

  • Heil Pro-7 headset

  • Halibut Electronics Audio Interface equipment, see Figure 3.4.

  • Nifty mini-manual and other manuals

    • Check the right side of the operating position and the drawer under the radio.

  • HP PC, dual monitor set-up

  • Elecraft KPA1500 amplifier

    • Elecraft power supply

Connection scheme

flowchart TD
  A[IC-7610] ---|Coax-Ant1|B[KPA-1500 Ant 1]
  A ---|RCA ALC|B
  A ---|RCA Send|B
  A --> M(Morse Paddles)
  A ---|USB|C[NARC1 PC]
  A ---|Power Cable|E(Astron RS-35A)
  K[Halibut Electronics Radio Pro] ---|ICOM Mic/PTT Cable|A
Figure 3.2: Connection diagram for NARC1 IC-7610 
flowchart TD
  A[IC-7610] ---|USB|C[NARC1 PC]
  C ---|USB|F(Keyboard)
  C ---|Bluetooth|G(Mouse)
  C ---|HDMI|H(Monitor)
  C ---|CAT6|L(Network Switch)
  J[Astron RS-35A] ---|AC Power|C
Figure 3.3: Connection diagram for NARC1 PC 
flowchart TD
  K[Halibut Electronics Radio Pro] ---|ICOM Cable|A[IC-7610]
  K ---|Cat5|J[Halibut Electronics Contest Console]
  K ---|PowerPole|J
  J ---|PowerPole|E(Astron RS-35A)
  L[Heil Pro-7] --> M[Halibut Electronics User Pro]
  N[Other headset] --> O[Halibut Electronics User Pro]
  M ---|Cat5|J
  O ---|Cat5|J
  P[Ext Speaker] --- K
  Q[Clipper footwitch] --- K
Figure 3.4: Connection diagram for NARC1 Halibut Electronics Audio

Software summary

Note

These sections are generated by parsing a CSV data file in include/csv/software_versions.csv.

The code is hidden in the output for aesthetic reasons, but may be revealed by examining the source code file.

Operating System

software version date
MS Windows 10 2024-05-22

Digital modes

software version date
WSTJ-X 2.6.1 2024-11-24
JTAlert 2.50.0 2024-05-22
GridTracker2 2.241124 2024-11-24
JS8Call 2.2.0 2024-05-22
Winlink Express 1.7.20 2024-11-24
VARA HF 4.8.9 2024-11-24
VarAC 10.2.1 2024-11-24
Yoniq (SSTV) 1.13 2024-05-22
fldigi 4.2.06 2024-11-24
flrig 2.0.05 2024-11-24
flmsg 4.0.23 2024-11-24
flamp 2.2.13 2024-11-24

Logging

software version date
ACLog 7.0.10 2024-05-22
N1MM+ 1.3.10316.0 2024-06-14
N3FJP Field Day Contest Log 6.6.8 2024-06-14

Remote Control

software version date
Win4Icom 1.5.08 2024-12-30
SmartSDR 3.8.20 2024-11-27
wfview 1.62 2024-11-27
Green Heron Everywhere Client 2.7.8 2024-12-30

Operating Guide

The operating guide is found under rigs/IC-7610 section.