Please see my eHam review of the FC-40 under Product Reviews/Antenna
Tuners. I reported that the control cable can be extended quite a
bit:
"Since I wired my shack with the control cable that accompanied the
FC-40, I purchased an additional DIN control cable from the parts
department of Yaesu and set it aside in my duffle bag for going
portable. It is replacement part no. T9101543A and sells for $34.81
plus tax and shipping.
This eight-pin "Mini-DIN" control cable appears to be similar to the
Apple Macintosh serial printer cable for their ImageWriter printer
but, like most bi-directional printer cables, one or two wires are
crossed (pins 6 and 8 for the Apple) making it useless, as I
discovered, for the FC-40. However, a Mini-DIN-8 extension cable
(such as the ten foot male to female "Cablestogo.com" No. 09569)
works very nicely, since the wires and pins are straight through.
This kind of extension cord is becoming hard to find as printer
cables are now USB. So far, I have extended the control cable to a
total of 60 feet with no loss in performance.
Regards,
Paul
KA6GEM
--- In YaesuTuner@..., "Mike GU4EON" <gu4eon@c...> wrote:
In GU we don't pay VAT and it's still 14.62 USD!
PS and average house price 525000 usd!
Must go, I hear violins playing in the background!
;-)
Mike GU4EON
-----Original Message-----
From: YaesuTuner@...
[mailto:YaesuTuner@...]On
Behalf Of Rick Stirling
Sent: 08 December 2005 21:51
To: yaesutuner@...
Subject: RE: [YaesuTuner] FC-40, Control Cable Extension
That's VAT for you! ;-(
Rick AE7RS
On 12/8/2005 2:47:23 PM, Mike GU4EON (gu4eon@c...) wrote:
> Stange how "the same cable" costs 17.23 USD in EU!
>
> Mike GU4EON
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