There is a solution! But if you look at this like most of us anything past FREE is never affordable.
Mark, KJ4VO at the HRO Atlanta store and I have been researching this. No one has the proprietary connector, period. I have not been able to locate the custom waterproof connector vendor that Icom uses either. It turns out that the ONLY way we have found using any supplier to do this is to order the microphone cable from the GPS microphone. It is perfect for the application and provides nice leads to solder to on all of the audio in/out pins as well as the programming pins. These cables are available only from Icom either direct from parts or through Mark at the Atlanta HRO (or your favorite Candy Store I guess). Thanks.Joe / W8SS / Mesh Engineering / Trustee & Sysop on D-Star for K8LCD AKA: Dr. Joe Mesh, D.M.D., C.A.G.S. (Prosthodontics) from beautiful downtown HELL, Michigan Always available at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ............................................................................ ............ See us on the web at: W8SS, W8SSS & K8LCD all on QRZ.com and at drsmesh.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-92AD Connector Has anyone found an affordable substitute for the funny connector on the IC-92AD (and presumably other models)? $50 for a speaker mic adapter and $100 for a data cable is outrageous. I've had no luck so far with my usual suppliers. If there's enough demand, though, I could see about having a new mold made. Does anyone know which models use this connector, and if ICOM is continuing to use it for new models? Scott N1VG [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
