At 8/2/2008 17:32, you wrote: > After STRUGGLING with a controller, the name of which I will withhold to > protect the innocent, I am frustrated. I was told it had good bang for > the buck. I want to be able to control a freq agile radio such as an > FT-100D to act as a remote base, to work fm on 10, 2 or 6 or 440 from my > repeater. This should not be too fancy nor hard given what I am hearing > from many who have been on this and other sites. The controller that I > have chosen has 4 ports, and though linking to the 2nd port has not been > the issue, once there I seem to have NO freq control any other control, > over the radio. Why must I program the radio as a Kenwood when it is a > Yaesu anyway? Why does the control cable to the computer have to be > removed if I want to also hook it up to the radio? Why does the clock > never stay on or accurate even when a 9 volt battery is on it 24/7? If > you have one of these apparently popular controllers and no something > about the care and feeding I would like to hear from you PLEASE. I read > my eMail many times a day especially at 2 and 10, 2 and 10. Thanks& > >- Mike
While I haven't tried it, I did some research a while back & concluded that the LinkComm RLC-2a & RLC-3 will control an FT-100D. Taking a quick look at the FT-900 CAT format (supported by both controllers), it appears similar to the FT-100D. Bob NO6B

