Happy to report my Icom radio is now accessible via remote! It took a lot of courage to buy the RS-BA1 software with all the horrible reviews on eham, but I knew some persistence at troubleshooting would pay off. So my review of the RS-BA1 software, well do be honest, I wish they would have spent a lot more time on it, but it does what it is supposed to so I guess I'd say 4 stars. It doesn't have a log book, it isn't the do everything ham radio software. But it does work. It's pretty neat to be able to listen and transmit right through the laptop speaker and mic, I'm sure it's not the best quality but hey, IT works!
Hamachi LogMeIn is the program that makes this all possible. I know the Icom software is designed to be used on it's own, just with a computer, a radio, and a router. But here in the real world, I don't have a router, I connect to the internet with my cell phone(Foxfi). I'm not sure everything here is perfect, as Hamachi does show problems, but I'm not too concerned because does work. I just want to say thanks out there for the moral support if nothing else. 73. KG7CUL