codec2_talkie/README.md

Introduction

Turn your Android phone into real Amateur Radio HF/VHF/UHF APRS enabled Codec2 DV (digital voice) and/or FreeDV handheld transceiver.

Requires additional hardware (e.g. AFSK/LoRa), software (e.g. Direwolf) radio modem or analog transceiver with USB audio + VOX/USB CAT PTT control, such as MCHF or ICOM

For more information visit project Wiki

Short Description

What you can do with this app:

• Use it with your KISS Bluetooth/BLE/USB/TCPIP hardware modem, such as LoRa/FSK/AFSK/etc, control its parameters by using "set hardware" KISS command
• Use it with KISS software modem using TCPIP, such as Direwolf
• Use it with your HF/VHF/UHF transceiver as a sound modem
• Use your phone as a software sound modem by using external USB OTG audio adapter (voice + data) or built-in phone speaker and mic (only data)
• Use your phone for FreeDV protocol voice communication together with HF transceiver, which supports USB OTG audio
• Control your external transceiver PTT by using USB serial CAT (or VOX if CAT PTT is not supported)
• Send and receive APRS position reports over FSK 300 (HF, TX only), AFSK1200 (VHF), FreeDV OFDM (HF)
• Send and receive APRS messages
• Send and receive raw Codec2 speech frames over KISS or inside APRS/AX.25 UI frames
• Use application as APRS digirepeater
• Use application as APRS-IS RX/TX iGate

Requirements

• Android 7.0 (API 24) or higher
  • Application could also be used with your Android network radio, such as Inrico TM-7, apk just needs to be installed over USB, see Discussion
• Android 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 (API 21, 22, 23)
  • Separate apk package is released with "legacy" suffix from legacy branch
• Modem, radio module or transceiver which supports KISS protocol or can process KISS or raw Codec2 audio frames over serial Bluetooth, BLE, USB or TCP/IP
• Analog transceiver with built-in or external USB audio adapter and VOX or USB CAT PTT control (such as MCHF or iCom IC-7x00 series)

Dependencies

• Source code is integrated into this project for easier building and customization:
  • Codec2 codec: https://github.com/drowe67/codec2
  • Android Codec2 wrapper code: https://github.com/UstadMobile/Codec2-Android
• Fetched with gradle as dependency:
  • Android USB serial: https://github.com/mik3y/usb-serial-for-android

Other similar or related projects

• ESP32 LoRa APRS modem (used with this application for testing): https://github.com/sh123/esp32_loraprs
• Version adopted for M17 protocol usage: https://github.com/mobilinkd/m17-kiss-ht
• iOS Codec2 wrapper: https://github.com/Beartooth/codec2-ios
• Minimal Arduino LoRa KISS modem: https://github.com/sh123/lora_arduino_kiss_modem
• Minimal Arduino NRF24 KISS modem: https://github.com/sh123/nrf24l01_arduino_kiss_modem
• Other interesting projects:
  • LoRa mesh text GPS communicator: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device