But eventually they came up with the 6-pin mini-DIN DATA connector, mostly used at VHF/UHF. It is useable on HF on the IC-706 and IC-7000 and I had the same layout on my K2's when using the EA3BLQ interface.
It's not TOTALLY hopeless. 73, doug Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:09:13 -0800 From: Lyle Johnson <[email protected]> > ...Frankly, someone needs to bash some heads and get all of > the vendors to standardize on a single 8-pin format. In the mid-1980s I was part of the ARRL's Digital Committee. We tried very hard to get the major Amateur radio manufacturers to standardize this. In our case, it was to make it easier on folks to hook up TNCs and computers tot heir radios. We were politely told that it would be "very difficult." This is polite-speak for "Not a chance." :-/ Now, I think the best way to make this happen is for everyone to own a K3... 73, Lyle KK7P ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
