diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 1661df9..b9c527e 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
       "Elecraft console: the S-meter is calibrated against a real K3 — S9 and the +dB readings now match the radio’s own display (they read about two S-units low).",
       "Elecraft console: an SWR spike (the K3’s own blip at the end of an FT8 frame) no longer fades over twelve seconds — the peak shows briefly, then the meter returns straight to the live reading.",
       "Icom: the IC-7760 joins the model list (CI-V address B2h).",
-      "Icom console: the IC-7760 gets its real attenuator steps — 6/12/18 dB."
+      "Icom console: the IC-7760 gets its real attenuator steps — 6/12/18 dB.",
+      "Icom network audio: the RX stream is decoded correctly — mono is requested and the payload offset was confirmed on a real IC-7760, curing the garbled, clicking audio."
     ],
     "fr": [
       "Console Elecraft : le S-mètre est calibré sur un vrai K3 — S9 et les +dB correspondent désormais à l’affichage de la radio (il lisait environ deux points S trop bas).",
       "Console Elecraft : un pic de ROS (le sursaut du K3 en fin de trame FT8) ne s’estompe plus pendant douze secondes — le pic s’affiche brièvement, puis le ros-mètre revient directement à la valeur réelle.",
       "Icom : l’IC-7760 rejoint la liste des modèles (adresse CI-V B2h).",
-      "Console Icom : l’IC-7760 reçoit ses vrais crans d’atténuateur — 6/12/18 dB."
+      "Console Icom : l’IC-7760 reçoit ses vrais crans d’atténuateur — 6/12/18 dB.",
+      "Audio réseau Icom : le flux RX est décodé correctement — le mono est demandé et l’offset du payload a été confirmé sur un vrai IC-7760, ce qui guérit le son inaudible et les clics."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/internal/cat/icomaudio.go b/internal/cat/icomaudio.go
index 678166a..41d4f2e 100644
--- a/internal/cat/icomaudio.go
+++ b/internal/cat/icomaudio.go
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// icaAudioOffset is where the PCM payload begins inside an audio data packet
-// (wfview audio_packet: 16-byte common header + ident@0x10 + datalen@0x12 +
-// sendseq@0x14 → audio@0x16). Isolated as a const so a capture-confirmed change
-// is a one-line edit.
-const icaAudioOffset = 0x16
+// icaAudioOffset is where the PCM payload begins inside an audio data packet.
+// CONFIRMED on a real IC-7760 (2026-08-29): 16-byte common header, ident@0x10,
+// send seq (BE) @0x12, payload length (BE uint32) @0x14 — 0x500 observed on
+// every packet — and the PCM starts at 0x18. The 0x16 first guessed from
+// wfview's struct swallowed two header bytes into the audio, one broken sample
+// per packet: a 50 Hz click track under everything.
+const icaAudioOffset = 0x18
 
 // icaDumpFirst is how many initial audio packets to hex-dump to the debug log for
 // offset verification. After the layout is confirmed on a real rig this can go to
diff --git a/internal/cat/icomnet.go b/internal/cat/icomnet.go
index 48901eb..3d1b552 100644
--- a/internal/cat/icomnet.go
+++ b/internal/cat/icomnet.go
@@ -849,8 +849,13 @@ func icnConnInfo(seq, innerSeq, tokReq uint16, sentid, rcvdid, token uint32, use
 	copy(b[0x60:0x70], icnPasscode(user))
 	b[0x70] = rxEnable // rxenable: 1 opens the 50003 RX audio stream, 0 = CI-V only
 	b[0x71] = 0x00     // txenable (Phase 5)
-	b[0x72] = 0x10     // rxcodec
-	b[0x73] = 0x04     // txcodec
+	// rxcodec 0x02 = LPCM, ONE channel, 16-bit. 0x10 (two channels) was asked
+	// for at first, and a real IC-7760 duly sent interleaved stereo — which the
+	// 16 kHz mono playback path rendered as garble at double speed. Mono is what
+	// the monitor plays and half the bandwidth; the second channel of an RX
+	// stream carries nothing a logger wants.
+	b[0x72] = 0x02 // rxcodec
+	b[0x73] = 0x04 // txcodec
 	icnBE.PutUint32(b[0x74:], 16000)
 	icnBE.PutUint32(b[0x78:], 8000)
 	icnBE.PutUint32(b[0x7c:], uint32(civPort))