Posted: 5/31/2011 1:21:56 PM EDT
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first let me say thanks for the explanations in the repeater thread. im limited to a .gov computer and it will let me create a new thread but when i try and reply i get the blocked screen :( but i did read what everyone said. thats ar-jedi you sumed it up pretty good.
my next question is with all of these radios on the market that let you remote the control panel are those "remote kits" anything more then cat 5 cable? the reason i ask is because on my emcomm box i want to have ports on the front panel to plug my mic and display into. the radios in question are yaesu's 857d and 8800 and then kenwoods ts 480 and 710. thanks again for the replies. ill be reading but cant reply |
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first let me say thanks for the explanations in the repeater thread. im limited to a .gov computer and it will let me create a new thread but when i try and reply i get the blocked screen :( but i did read what everyone said. thats ar-jedi you sumed it up pretty good. my next question is with all of these radios on the market that let you remote the control panel are those "remote kits" anything more then cat 5 cable? the reason i ask is because on my emcomm box i want to have ports on the front panel to plug my mic and display into. the radios in question are yaesu's 857d and 8800 and then kenwoods ts 480 and 710. thanks again for the replies. ill be reading but cant reply The 857d cord (between the faceplate and the xciever box) is just a 6-pin telephone cord. I recently created one. Be sure to get the right cord! Most Home Depot cords look like 6-pin cords but they only have 4 pins on each side that are 'hot.' Here's how I made my cord (that finally worked): 1––––––––––––––5 2––––––––––––––4 3––––––––––––––3 4––––––––––––––2 5––––––––––––––1 |
Most newer radios with remote faceplate use Cat 5 to connect the faceplate to the radio. Icom even uses Cat 5 for the microphone, so you can use a long piece of Cat 5 directly the mic, or use a coupler to extend the coiled cable. Once when I couldn't find one of my coiled cables I just used a Cat 5 patch cable for the microphone  |
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kinda on topic-have you tried to access the lite version? the mobile version? or the Job Related Stuff version?
Lite Mobile Job Related Stuff really...trust me |
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I'm not familiar with the 857, but I made a number of 6 pin cords for my 8800.
I used the chart from the Pinouts section of this Wikipedia entry. I put 6 pin connectors on some cat5 cable I had, and just didn't use the 4th pair. ETA: just like frank said, I wired both connectors looking down from above it from left to right: Green, Orange, Blue/White, Blue, Orange/White, Green/white. |