Does it take the pain out of programming the radio? N5POP , Jun 29, I believe I would explore 3rd party programs before buying Yaesu's offering. I don't know what a cable will cost you, but it's worth it. There are lots of directions out there for building your own programming cables for Yaesus.
PC programming is very important if you intend to travel. Research "voltage level converters" for how to convert between the different types of signalling. However, bare USB to serial adapters are available that provide Vdc or Building a USB programming cable for your radio can be as easy as selecting the appropriate USB adapter with the right voltage for your radio and soldering on the proper cable.
There is quite a bit of information available on building cables for most radios on the internet. Instructions with schematics can often be found in the mailing lists, Yahoo, Google or other Group, forums that are specifically for the users of each radio. Some of the plans have been linked below in the radio specific section. When using some touch screen laptops for example the HP series , you may not be able to use the USB cable to program the radio consistently.
This is because the power management system in this line of laptops turns off USB devices when it does not detect data flow. Unfortunately, radio programming does not flow a lot of data, so the system shuts down the port thinking it's not being used.
It does not "wake up" again properly. That solves the problem - now Chirp can always communicate with the radio. This is identical to the Icom OPC cable. It works out of the box on Linux. All models thus far of the UV-3R use the same software. The radios themselves are made by Vero Telecom. Nearly all of these radios use an OPC or similar cable, which plugs into the speaker jack of the radio. The housing of the 9-pin connector has TTL conversion logic, which can be home-built but it is typically easier to buy one pre-made.
Note that some of the mobile D-STAR radios can also use their data connection for programming, which uses RS signalling and requires no conversion hardware. These radios operate in "live" mode and require a full-duplex RS serial cable connection.
The 92AD uses a moisture-proof custom bayonet connection at the top of the radio, which is only available from Icom OPC and only with their RS programming software. For some reason, this radio doesn't use the standard three-conductor plug on the OPC When you have split tone set up, the ENC indicator will flash. You need software, a programming cable, and possibly a USB Serial port. Can I use my programming cable for Echolink? Also, there is no facility for CAT, or controlling your radio with a computer.
Does the Signalink USB work with this radio? What are Hypermemories and how do I use them? You program a split tone on the much like you do an odd repeater split: Set the receive freq, tone, and squelch mode. So I am asking for some help from other Hams that have used the software on a PC, to let me know how they liked it, and also what cable you needed etc.
WE are in central Illinois and if any of you already have a working file for central Illinois let me know. My e-mail is good here on QRZ! Jimmy, WX9DX. WX9DX , Jun 3, Programming from the front panel is easily doable. But if there are more than 20 or so it becomes ungainly. Partly because you start to need to list what you've programmed in and what memory number, etc.
Since you can also monitor police, fire, FRS frequencies that you might want to put into memory, the number of memories quickly grows. There is a FT user's group on Yahoo groups which has info on the cable needed. There is also more info on the cables on that site. The programming software is very easy to use.
You just type in the freq, select the tone from a list, type in the alpha tag, and it's in. I find it easier than manually programming the radio because of all the back and forth with the buttons like you mentioned.
I also had an issue, when I first got the radio, of forgetting to put the tone in the memory with the freq.
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