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FC-40, Control Cable Extension
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hb9fbn
Hi All,
I refer to the FC-40 Control Cable which is just 5 meters long (abt. 16/17 feet). It is an 8 poles shielded cable straight wired, ended with 2x mini-Din8 plugs. I wonder how long can it be extended without to cause interferences/malfunctions to the FC-40 respectively to the FT857/897. Yaesu/Vertex don't say a word about it. I wonder if someone has done such an extension as well as where he found the extension cable (maybe in Mac "old" serial cables, unfortunately hard to find in EU), or perhaps just cutting the original cable and extending it by means of shielded connectors and a random lenght of shielded 8 poles cable? Many thanks in advance for any possible suggestion! I apologize for "my" english :o) Best 73 de Enrico - HB9FBN |
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Hanno, DG8JZ
Hi all,
I had the same problem a few month ago, looked around, found the old Mac cables stateside for a very high price. So... Bought the connector (male and female), 15 m cable and used my old sondering iron... And after 1 hour I had my cable. It works perfect as extention and in total I do have 20m of remote cabel betwen FT 897 (/ 857 and FC 40 Greetings from Munich ----------------------------- Hanno Vogels, DK3HV eMail: hanno@... WIRES. #7124D Echolink: #4904 phone: +49 8102 729600 fax: +49 8102 729655 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: YaesuTuner@... [mailto:YaesuTuner@...] Im Auftrag von hb9fbn Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Dezember 2005 19:21 An: YaesuTuner@... Betreff: [YaesuTuner] FC-40, Control Cable Extension Hi All, I refer to the FC-40 Control Cable which is just 5 meters long (abt. 16/17 feet). It is an 8 poles shielded cable straight wired, ended with 2x mini-Din8 plugs. I wonder how long can it be extended without to cause interferences/malfunctions to the FC-40 respectively to the FT857/897. Yaesu/Vertex don't say a word about it. I wonder if someone has done such an extension as well as where he found the extension cable (maybe in Mac "old" serial cables, unfortunately hard to find in EU), or perhaps just cutting the original cable and extending it by means of shielded connectors and a random lenght of shielded 8 poles cable? Many thanks in advance for any possible suggestion! I apologize for "my" english :o) Best 73 de Enrico - HB9FBN ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Mike GU4EON
开云体育Try
here guys
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a 5mtr extn cable
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Seasons Greeting
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Mike
GU4EON
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Not
sure on max length though.
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Rick Stirling
Here's the U.S. order page. In stock and only $7.00 ;-)
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73, Rick AE7RS On 12/8/2005 1:23:53 AM, Mike GU4EON (gu4eon@...) wrote:
Try here guys |
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Mike GU4EON
Stange how "the same cable" costs 17.23 USD in EU!
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Mike GU4EON -----Original Message-----
From: YaesuTuner@... [mailto:YaesuTuner@...]On Behalf Of Rick Stirling Sent: 08 December 2005 13:45 To: yaesutuner@... Subject: RE: [YaesuTuner] FC-40, Control Cable Extension Here's the U.S. order page. In stock and only $7.00 ;-) 73, Rick AE7RS On 12/8/2005 1:23:53 AM, Mike GU4EON (gu4eon@...) wrote: > Try here guys > > a 5mtr extn > cable Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Rick Stirling
That's VAT for you! ;-(
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Rick AE7RS On 12/8/2005 2:47:23 PM, Mike GU4EON (gu4eon@...) wrote:
Stange how "the same cable" costs 17.23 USD in EU! |
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Mike GU4EON
In GU we don't pay VAT and it's still 14.62 USD!
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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@...) wrote: > Stange how "the same cable" costs 17.23 USD in EU! > > Mike GU4EON Yahoo! Groups Links |
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paulcbg
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: [mailto:YaesuTuner@...]On Behalf Of Rick Stirling |
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