feat(icom): live microphone over the network — the last remote brick

The talk button learns the network road the voice keyer already took: when
To-radio is the radio itself, the microphone is captured and re-framed into
the rig's 320-sample packets, the capture callback serving as the clock — the
mic delivers in real time, so no ring and no pacer. Counters and the frame
remainder live on the audio stream, so a talk session spans calls. PTT keys
before and releases after, through the same code as the USB path.

With this, a network Icom is a complete remote station over three UDP ports:
RX audio to the headset, live voice and recorded messages back, CW through
the rig's keyer, CAT for everything else.

app.go

@@ -10729,9 +10729,44 @@ func (a *App) AudioStartTX() error {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.ToRadio) == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf(`no "To radio" device set — pick the rig's USB Audio CODEC output in Settings → Audio`)
 	}
+	// Live mic over the radio's own link: the To-radio "device" is the radio.
+	// Fetched before keying so a missing stream refuses cleanly with the PTT
+	// never touched.
+	var netSend func([]byte) error
+	if cfg.ToRadio == audio.NetworkDeviceID {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.RecordingDevice) == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("pick your microphone as the Recording mic in Settings → Audio")
+		}
+		type sender interface {
+			TXAudioSender() (func([]byte) error, error)
+		}
+		err := a.cat.IcomDo(func(ic cat.IcomController) error {
+			p, ok := ic.(sender)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("this radio cannot take live microphone audio over its link yet")
+			}
+			fn, err := p.TXAudioSender()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			netSend = fn
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	if err := a.pttKey(cfg); err != nil { // key first — no point streaming to a rig that isn't transmitting
 		return err
 	}
+	if netSend != nil {
+		if err := a.audioMgr.StartTXAudioNetwork(cfg.RecordingDevice, netSend); err != nil {
+			a.pttUnkey()
+			return err
+		}
+		applog.Printf("audio: TX start (mic=%q → the radio over the network, ptt=%q)", cfg.RecordingDevice, cfg.PTTMethod)
+		return nil
+	}
 	if err := a.audioMgr.StartTXAudio(cfg.RecordingDevice, cfg.ToRadio); err != nil {
 		a.pttUnkey()
 		return err

changelog.json

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
       "Icom network audio, phase 5: the radio can now TAKE audio — with RX audio enabled, pick “Radio (network audio)” as the To-radio device and the voice keyer plays straight to the rig over the LAN, no cable, no virtual sound card. First tested on the IC-7760.",
       "Icom network audio: listening is now a remembered choice — Stop listening keeps the speakers off across reconnects and restarts, while the stream stays open for the QSO recorder and the voice keyer.",
       "Icom console: a speaker button beside ON/OFF toggles listening to the network RX audio right from the console — no more trip through Settings → Audio; recordings and the voice keyer keep working either way, and the choice is remembered.",
-      "CAT settings: a “Play it through the speakers” checkbox sits under the Icom RX-audio option — the same remembered switch as the console’s speaker button, applied immediately."
+      "CAT settings: a “Play it through the speakers” checkbox sits under the Icom RX-audio option — the same remembered switch as the console’s speaker button, applied immediately.",
+      "Icom network audio: “Talk to radio” now works over the LAN too — live microphone straight to the rig, PTT included. With RX audio and a headset, OpsLog is a complete remote station: hear, talk, key CW and log over one network link."
     ],
     "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).",
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@
       "Audio réseau Icom, phase 5 : la radio peut maintenant RECEVOIR de l’audio — avec le RX audio activé, choisissez « Radio (network audio) » comme périphérique To Radio et le voice keyer joue directement vers la radio par le LAN, sans câble ni carte son virtuelle. Premier test sur l’IC-7760.",
       "Audio réseau Icom : l’écoute est désormais un choix mémorisé — Stop listening garde les enceintes coupées à travers reconnexions et redémarrages, tandis que le flux reste ouvert pour l’enregistreur de QSO et le voice keyer.",
       "Console Icom : un bouton haut-parleur à côté de ON/OFF bascule l’écoute du RX audio réseau depuis la console — fini l’aller-retour dans Réglages → Audio ; enregistrements et voice keyer continuent de fonctionner, et le choix est mémorisé.",
-      "Réglages CAT : une case « Écouter dans les enceintes » sous l’option RX audio Icom — le même interrupteur mémorisé que le bouton haut-parleur de la console, appliqué immédiatement."
+      "Réglages CAT : une case « Écouter dans les enceintes » sous l’option RX audio Icom — le même interrupteur mémorisé que le bouton haut-parleur de la console, appliqué immédiatement.",
+      "Audio réseau Icom : « Talk to radio » fonctionne aussi par le LAN — micro en direct vers la radio, PTT compris. Avec le RX audio et un casque, OpsLog devient une station remote complète : écouter, parler, manipuler la CW et loguer sur un seul lien réseau."
     ]
   },
   {

internal/audio/manager.go

@@ -356,6 +356,29 @@ func (m *Manager) StartTXAudio(micDev, toRadioDev string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// StartTXAudioNetwork pipes the live microphone into a SEND function instead
+// of a render device — the talk button when the radio is reached over its own
+// link. No ring and no pacing goroutine: the microphone delivers in real time,
+// and the sender re-frames to the rig's cadence, so the capture callback IS
+// the clock.
+func (m *Manager) StartTXAudioNetwork(micDev string, send func([]byte) error) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	if m.txStop != nil {
+		m.mu.Unlock()
+		return fmt.Errorf("TX audio already running")
+	}
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+	m.txStop = stop
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+	go func() {
+		if err := captureStream(micDev, stop, func(chunk []byte) { _ = send(chunk) }); err != nil {
+			LogSink("audio: network TX capture from %q failed: %v", DeviceName(micDev), err)
+		}
+	}()
+	m.notify()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // StopTXAudio stops the TX mic→rig passthrough.
 func (m *Manager) StopTXAudio() {
 	m.mu.Lock()

internal/cat/icomaudio.go

@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ type icomAudio struct {
 	rxMissing map[uint16]int
 
 	dumped int // packets hex-dumped so far (≤ icaDumpFirst)
+
+	// Live-TX state — see SendTXChunk.
+	txMu    sync.Mutex
+	txRem   []byte
+	txOuter uint16
+	txSend  uint16
 	lastRx  atomic.Int64 // UnixNano of last packet (liveness)
 
 	done      chan struct{}
@@ -292,3 +298,38 @@ func (a *icomAudio) PlayTX(pcm []byte, rate, ch, bits int, stop <-chan struct{})
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Live TX — the microphone, not a recorded message. Chunks arrive at the
+// microphone's own real-time pace (16 kHz mono 16-bit, whatever length the
+// capture delivers) and are re-framed into the rig's 320-sample packets; the
+// remainder waits for the next chunk. Counters and remainder live on the
+// stream so a talk session survives across calls.
+func (a *icomAudio) SendTXChunk(pcm []byte) error {
+	a.txMu.Lock()
+	defer a.txMu.Unlock()
+	a.txRem = append(a.txRem, pcm...)
+	const frameBytes = 640
+	for len(a.txRem) >= frameBytes {
+		select {
+		case <-a.done:
+			return fmt.Errorf("the audio stream closed")
+		default:
+		}
+		pkt := make([]byte, 0x18+frameBytes)
+		icnLE.PutUint32(pkt[0:], uint32(len(pkt)))
+		a.txOuter++
+		icnLE.PutUint16(pkt[6:], a.txOuter)
+		icnLE.PutUint32(pkt[8:], a.aID)
+		icnLE.PutUint32(pkt[12:], a.aRemote)
+		pkt[0x10], pkt[0x11] = 0x81, 0x01
+		icnBE.PutUint16(pkt[0x12:], a.txSend)
+		a.txSend++
+		icnBE.PutUint32(pkt[0x14:], frameBytes)
+		copy(pkt[0x18:], a.txRem[:frameBytes])
+		a.txRem = a.txRem[frameBytes:]
+		if _, err := a.conn.Write(pkt); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("sending mic audio to the rig: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

internal/cat/icomnet.go

@@ -972,6 +972,15 @@ func (n *icomNet) PlayTXAudio(pcm []byte, rate, ch, bits int, stop <-chan struct
 	return n.audio.PlayTX(pcm, rate, ch, bits, stop)
 }
 
+// TXAudioSender returns a function that streams live microphone chunks to the
+// rig — the talk button's road, where PlayTXAudio is the voice keyer's.
+func (n *icomNet) TXAudioSender() (func([]byte) error, error) {
+	if n.audio == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the radio's audio stream is not open — enable RX audio in Settings → CAT first")
+	}
+	return n.audio.SendTXChunk, nil
+}
+
 func icnOpenClose(seq uint16, sentid, rcvdid uint32, civSeq uint16, magic byte) []byte {
 	b := make([]byte, 0x16)
 	icnLE.PutUint32(b[0:], 0x16)

internal/cat/icomserial.go

@@ -2064,3 +2064,16 @@ func (b *IcomSerial) PlayTXAudio(pcm []byte, rate, ch, bits int, stop <-chan str
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("this rig takes transmit audio through its USB sound card, not the CAT link")
 }
+
+// TXAudioSender hands back the network transport's live-mic sender, when this
+// rig is reached over one.
+func (b *IcomSerial) TXAudioSender() (func([]byte) error, error) {
+	port := b.port
+	type sender interface {
+		TXAudioSender() (func([]byte) error, error)
+	}
+	if p, ok := port.(sender); ok {
+		return p.TXAudioSender()
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("this rig takes transmit audio through its USB sound card, not the CAT link")
+}