Re: [amsat-bb] Serial Cable for ICOM CT-17

["Charlie Schlieper" <n5td@xxxxxxx>]

Hello 9W2QC,

          I have an ICOM CT-17, and all you need is a straight serial
cable to make this unit work.  No Null-Modem cable is required.
(I hope you have a computer with a serial com port)  If you only
have USB ports, then you may need a USB-->SERIAL adapter.
They are commonly available from many local sources.

         This CT-17 unit uses a MAX 232 chip, and it needs to have
DC power.  I have found that anything from 7.5 volts to 9 volts DC
works fine.  Usually, these units come with just a DC power cord,
but you can easily find a "WALWART" (plugin type wall transformer)
to feed it.

          Oh, I also found out that you can program radios, such as an 
Icom W-32a HT, with the CT-17!  But you need to make up a simple
adapter cable first.  Take an old molded MONO mini-plug cable, cut
one end off, and wire up a STEREO plug on the other end, connecting
the center wire (tip to mono plug) to the RING of the STEREO plug.
If you also make up a cable to go to a 4-PIN QUAD plug from the
Icom MONO plug, you can even program YAESU HTs, such as the
VX-2 types.  (In the later case, the rear RING gets the center wire from
the CT-17.)  

73,
Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sion Chow Q. C. 9W2QC " <9w2qc@9w2qc.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 9:25 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Serial Cable for ICOM CT-17


> Hello Group,
> 
> Sorry for the bandwidth.  I have just aquired an ICOM CT-17 computer 
> interface which requires me to purchase a serial cable.  As I do not 
> have the instruction manual with me, can someone advise me whether it 
> uses a straight cable or a cross (null modem) cable.  
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> 73,
> Sion Chow Q. C.,
> 9W2QC.
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