Posted: 6/30/2008 10:48:33 PM EDT
I just bought a FT-7800 with everything except the control head cable. If I'm looking at this diagram correctly, it appears that it's an RJ-11/14/25 cable. How would I make a homebrew cable, rather than buy a complete separation kit? Is it the same at the 8800R/8900R? (Inexpensive FT-8800R Separation Cable) |
fyi this topic is currently the focus of discussion in the FT7800 user's group on Yahoo... groups.yahoo.com/group/ft7800/ groups.yahoo.com/group/ft7800/messages ar-jedi |
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Piece of cake. Go to Radio Shack and buy their overpriced 6-conductor ribbon cable. Cut to length. Add new 6-pin connector and do continuity check to ensure you have a straight-pin configuration. I've made a couple of them. It's about 5 min worth of work. I'd like to find some small, round 6-conductor like the actual separation kit includes but I'm lazy. 
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Just measured what I have in my jeep. YSK separation cable thickness - .157" Cat 3 cable thickness - .170" For my application it works just perfect  cheap too!
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