What would or does someone need as far as an interface for use with Hamradio
Deluxe an a TS440S?

Tnx cul 73 nr4dr


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Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:32 AM
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Subject: Re: interphase

Point Well_Made, and taken into consideration, thanks John, Danny.
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: interphase


> 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