Re: [amsat-bb] Spirit-2 and FT-847

["James C. Hall MD" <heartdoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don Woodward wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 00:43 -0600, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
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>>Is the diagram in the '847 manual for the packet connector correct ??
>>I have run into this before with Yaesu printing incorrect cable
>>configurations.
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>Yes - the manual is correct.  Are you connecting pins 1-4 on the PKT
>jack?  You shouldn't need the others IIRC.
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>>(BTW, I do have the pin 7 grounded per the manual for non-matched baud
>>for RX/TX).
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>I will assume you mean pin 7 on the TNC since the PKT connector only has
>6 pins.  
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>73's
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>Don Woodward
>KD4APP
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Yes, Don - the TNC plug needs pin 7 grounded for satellite operation 
involving two rates. Yes, the '847 pins I am conecting are signal in, 
signal out, ground and PTT. I'm going to try the 'mirror image' this 
evening (after my day-job duties) and see if that works.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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