<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>MJ,</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span> CI-V is essentially TTL levels, except it is also a bi-directional bus on a single wire (pair). I won't go into details unless asked.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>73, Steve, K9DCI</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> MJ Inabnit <ke6sls@arrl.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] ic-706 mk2 cat cable<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><br clear="none">Hey, thanks for the reply Kent. The CI-V is what through me. I found <br clear="none">some really old ham retail sites. The thing that bugged me was how out <br clear="none">of date their sites were. Do you have any recommended sites for this <br clear="none">CI-V to USB cable? I really want to make it as easy on him as I can. <br clear="none">He has been plunged into the world of digital and I just want him to <br clear="none">have fun and not have to fight an uphill battle to get
something to work.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Again, thank you for the quick reply. PS, he plans to buy an audio <br clear="none">interface for this rig as well. I want to do some searches on these as <br clear="none">well for him since he is way beyond the grid and has no internet available.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">73<br clear="none"><div id="yqtfd78266" class="yqt5654376099"><br clear="none">On 01/23/2014 06:30 PM, Kent wrote:<br clear="none">> To start with. To do CAT, you need a CI-V interface cable. You can get these with USB ends.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Then to do digital modes you need a interface between the radio mic/speaker and the input to the computer sound card.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Or you can get a SignalLink that has a USB to the computer and minidin 6 data port connection to the radio.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> You still need the CI-V
interface for CAT<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Kent<br clear="none">> KQ4KK<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> >On Jan 23, 2014, at 21:19, MJ Inabnit<<a href="mailto:ke6sls@arrl.net" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ke6sls@arrl.net">ke6sls@arrl.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >Hi all:<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >Have a friend here that owns the 706. I'm getting him started in digital modes etc and never really tried to use CAT with this radio. The manual is kind of ambiguous and would like to know if anyone here has actually done this and what is required using Vista. I hope it can use a USB cable since his laptop has no serial port. However, maybe one of the USB/serial adapters might have to be used. I'd really appreciate any pointers and help. The info I've found so far is
rather dated.<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >Thank you,<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> >73<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><br clear="none">wishing you well<br clear="none">Jaye, ke6sls--via the acer w/thunderchicken3<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">aprssig mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>