¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI went through quite a fuss trying to get the signal names right on both the 5105 end and the WOLPHI box end. You cannot go by the naming conventions. ¡°Output" can be a direction of information flow as from your fingers to the antenna or it can be the output from a specific module in either direction of information flow. Without a schematic it can require some critical thinking. Sometimes I¡¯m good at that. Other times . . .It is necessary to make a diagram with arrows to indicate the direction of data flow and then, as I have discovered, you can still screw up or think you have screwed up. With multiple points in the whole setup to make level adjustments it can still be problematic. I wish that Wolf had ready made cables available for the 5105. I¡¯d buy one in a heart beat. I¡¯m not proud! Also, a sure route to substance abuse is trying to hold two mini DIN connectors in your hand while, at the same time trying to poke at individual pins with an ohm meter probe. The cat won¡¯t come back in the shack for a while. If I continue having to fuss with these stinking little things I¡¯m going to buy some six pin and eight pin jacks and make a couple of breakout boxes. That said, the android solution has a lot going for it for portable operation. Cheap, small and, so far, with useful software. I can do PSK, WeFax. and SSTV for a few dollars worth of software and an el cheapo phone. Given the screen area limitations, android phone software will always be less friendly than a full screen PC. No free lunch. Compared to my friends going nuts getting their Raspberry stuff to even run, I cannot complain. Forget that. Of course I¡¯ll complain! I¡¯ll be interested to see how you like your headset. I¡¯ve gotten away from blue tooth things in the shack such as my keyboard and mouse. The batteries, whether rechargeable or replaceable, always seems to go flat at an awkward time. And on a Mac, if you lose your mouse you are really limping. If you have a Mac mouse you¡¯re limping anyway. Horrid things. Mike, K7ITL
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