I ?am trying to setup for VARA HF on my ICOM M803 and have read through an earlier thread on the M802. I would still like CAT control of the radio and I am fine adding a sound card modem to my setup. I currently have a Pactor via Bluetooth working fine but want to move to VARA HF. I see there is a Digirig and SignaLink option for sound card modems, but maybe only the Digirig will allow serial control of the radio operation and SignaLink is only the data/PTT? I am not accomplished at making my own cable and would like to buy the appropriate cables to make this work on an M803, which may be slightly different than the older 802. I wonder if any of the cables I have for the Pactor would work with the Digirig??
