RigBee: D-STAR & Radio Control

RigBee turns your phone or tablet into a D-STAR gateway and remote control for your Icom D-STAR radio. No hotspot, no DV dongle: your radio connects over Bluetooth or a USB cable, and RigBee carries your D-STAR traffic to reflectors over the internet.

IMPORTANT: RigBee needs a supported Icom D-STAR radio (see WHAT YOU NEED below). It does not play broadcast or internet radio stations.

D-STAR GATEWAY
■ Link XLX / DCS, DExtra (XRF) and DPlus (REF) reflectors - no hotspot needed
■ Talk and listen with your own radio; RigBee relays the audio to and from the reflector
■ See who is talking: callsign, message, position on a map, distance and bearing
■ Active reflectors, favourites with alerts, Last Heard, saved receptions and statistics
■ Link announcements spoken in your language

CHAT, PICTURES AND QSL CARDS
■ Text chat, stickers and Morse messages - over a reflector or directly on the air in DV
■ Send and receive pictures, including Icom Picture Share pictures over reflectors
■ Turn a station you heard into a QSL card and share it

RADIO CONTROL
■ Frequency, mode, volume, squelch, power, dual watch, tones and more
■ Memory channels: read the radio's memory or import CSV lists (CS-52, CHIRP); range scanner
■ DR mode with the repeater list, repeaters near you, maps and last heard

APRS AND AWARDS
■ Report your radio's GPS position to APRS-IS (shown on aprs.fi) when you transmit
■ Countries, continents and grid squares heard and worked, with milestone badges

FREE AND RIGBEE PRO
The app is free: radio control, the radio's own MR mode and scan, CSV channel import, DR, Last Heard and maps, receiving messages and pictures, and listening to reflectors while RigBee is open.
A one-time RigBee Pro purchase (no subscription) adds talking on reflectors, background listening, chat and pictures, QSL cards, the APRS beacon, reading the radio's memory and the range scanner.

SUPPORTED RADIOS
ID-52 PLUS, ID-52, ID-50, ID-5200, ID-5100, ID-4100, ID-51, ID-31 PLUS, IC-705, IC-905, IC-9700 and IC-7100 (radio control). Details and cables: https://rigbee.vek.io/radios.html

WHAT YOU NEED
- A supported Icom D-STAR radio, connected over Bluetooth or a USB cable
- An internet connection for reflectors, maps and APRS
- An amateur radio licence and callsign to transmit
- For reflectors, RigBee uses the radio's Terminal Mode - it detects it and switches screens for you

No account, no ads, no tracking. Available in 31 languages.

Help: https://rigbee.vek.io/help.html

73 de LZ3ZEN & LZ3ITI

Icom and the radio model names are trademarks of Icom Incorporated. RigBee is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Icom.

Recent changes:
Initial release