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Cat 5 and straight through connections


WA2MZF Jim
 

I posted a while back that I had success with cat 5 coupler and also straight through cable on Kenwood
gear.

Today I tested this on the FTM-6000R and yes, it is the same so to speak as Kenwood.

A plain cat five coupler and I modified a cat five cable by eliminating the 4th pair, doing this
give you enough insulation to install the rj6 plug, STRAIGHT THROUGH.

Obviously, you can now make this pretty much whatever length you wish.

Tested and working fine, so you can cut that cost to almost nothing if you are bit handy.


 

I use a 3' CAT5 cable to connect the Control Unit (head) to the radio (body).

Micky K1XH