Mike,

Don't know about other radios, but the 480  remote head gets it's power 
over the RJ-11 cable between it and the main body.

Besides all the buttons and knobs, the remote head also contains  the 
speaker and a headphone jack.

  The main unit  has the mic jack, external speaker and cw jacks, and 
the mini din's for  data in and  out, and amp.    Also the db9 serial jack.



73, Steve KW3A
On 1/30/2015 12:21 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Hi all:=20
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> I know there's a couple of TS-480SAT users on the list so I gotta =
> question about the remote head.=20
> How does it receive its power if you have the 2 units separated? Is =
> there a separate power connecter that you plug into the 12 volt =
> accessory plug in the car?=20
> Perhaps there's just enough voltage carried over the cable with the =
> RJ-11 cable to power the head? Is this how all the sep kits work =
> including the Icom IC-706?=20
>
> 73:=20
> Mike DE VO1AX=20
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