Learning to Speak Icom: OrbitDeck’s WiFi Control Protocol for the IC-705
How OrbitDeck learned to control the IC-705 over Wi-Fi, what it borrowed from icom-lan, where it diverged, and the session logic that finally worked.
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Essays, field notes, technical write-ups, poetry, reflections, hobby rabbit holes, and the occasional deep dive into something that refused to behave.
Front Shelf
How OrbitDeck learned to control the IC-705 over Wi-Fi, what it borrowed from icom-lan, where it diverged, and the session logic that finally worked.
A practical look at the 2026 WIA band plan revision, including the main HF changes, the tradeoffs behind them, and original comparison charts that point back to the official WIA documents.
A practical apex-domain setup for GitHub Pages on Squarespace DNS, including canonical records, domain verification, and HTTPS issuance checks.
Archive
Older posts fall into a denser archive so the page can stay readable as it grows.
How to bully six LEDs into behaving with just three pins, a timer interrupt, and a tiny bit of smugness.