--- In [email protected], "Keith VE7GDH" <ve7...@...> wrote:
>
> Mike (callsign?) wrote...
>
> > What does one need to connect a hockey puck GPS to this radio...
>
> You can connect it to the front connector... ground, GPS transmit data
> and +5V. You could use the rear port, but you would have to supply power
> from elsewhere.
>
> > is there power at the rear db9 port
>
> No.
>
> > Does installing this board in the radio, disable the mike functions,
> > because nothing works with the Mike now.
>
> The mic can be used when the radio isn't in data mode. Some of the
> "remote" functions on the mic no longer work... but there's a cable
> inside the radio that can be disconnected that restores some of the
> functions. Look for postings from me and others on the list from a
> couple of years ago. Search for something like "remote mic functions".
>
> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
> --
> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
>
Yes, I discovered some of the mike functions work, but it's not a big deal,
the buttons of the front of the radio work ok. Thanks
