At 13:05 2/19/2005 -0500, Jim, K8FT wrote: >Bob, > >You need to use a standard DB-9 crossover cable which crosses 2-3 & 7-8. Pin >5 is ground.
No! See: http://www.aggsoft.com/rs232-pinout-cable/pinout-and-signal.htm and Appendix D of the Kenwood manual. > >4800 baud, 1 start bit, 8 bit word, 1 or 2 (it works either way) stop bits This depends on the setting of menu item #56 in the TS870. The com rate must be the same for the radio and the serial port setting in DXBase. 9600 baud works fine for my system. N7WS
