Yes, but the one for icom, and that other brand that doesn't deserve 
mentioning, is not a straight through cable. There is a lot of stuff crammed 
in those serial and usb plugs where as the kenwoods have a straight through 
serial cable so there's a huge difference there.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: interphase


> Hi  Richard and All, I think we're dealing more with Semantics and titles
> than actual differences, when it comes to interfacing the radios with
> computers.
>
> I know nothing of the Kenwood radios and their cables under discussion,
> But do have some experience and help to offer re the Icom and Yaesus.  .
> All you need for the 706 is either a sirial to radio cable or USB2Radio
> cable, depending on your computer's ports, either of which is available 
> from
> Valley enterprises, an ebay store, With the USB cable being available for 
> a
> shade less than 20Bucks shipped,/(the Sirial cord is cheaper than the USB
> cord, although I don't know its' price.)  I've ordered and use the USB
> equivalent of the CT62 Sirial cable  sold by Valley, for my Yaesu FT817ND,
> [That cable will also interface with the 857 and 897 series of Yaesus, and
> probably some others.
> the cable works well, and I'm gonna order one from them for my Icom
> 706Original.
>
> Meanwhile, Radioshack had a Sirial scanner programming cable that worked 
> for
> the 706 series, as well as the 703&703+ radios, and I believe will also 
> work
> for the 7000 series, which they closed out a couple of years ago for well
> under $5+shipping, and you may be able to find one still, in one of the RS
> Stores.  (I'd posted info about this particular cable on this list a while
> back, and I know that one works because I used it with both a 703+ and an
> original 706 which I had at the time.
> Its' catalog number is 20-289.
>
> In terms of a current RS USB cable for the 706 and others, I got this note
> from the 706 user groups.
> ..."
>  The cheapest one I have found which works with HRD and my IC-746 is the
> scanner programming cable from Radio Shack.  See Hints and Kinks QST 
> October
> 2008 page 78. The cable is part number 20-047 from Radio Shack.
> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2177609
> ".  Icom sells (a rather much more than normally needed for one radio,
> cable or interface or whatever Icom chooses to call it, [it's actually
> designed to feed several radios, but they get somewhere around a hundred
> dollars or so for it.
> Theirs has a level converter in it, apparently, the RS and Valley cords do
> too, because they work with the individual radios, one at a time, for 
> which
> they're designed.
> Hope This Helps some of you.  Sincerely, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:34 AM
> Subject: interphase
>
>
>> Hi;
>> Just to clarify a thing or two, am I correct that you do not need an =
>> interphase for the ts480 or ts2000 but you do with the ic706?  I'm a bit 
>> =
>> surprised if that is the case.
>> Richard