I have a Z817 tuner, I bought it 2nd hand, it came with the control cable but I do not believe it is the original cable.

My FT-818 will not work with the tuner, it does not change mode and power and so the tune cycle fails.? The Baud rate is set correctly.

The tuner works fine without the cable I.e. manually sending a carrier to tune.

I do not know what is at fault, the cable, the ATU or the FT-818

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Is there anything special with the original LDG cable?

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Any thoughts?

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Thanks

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Allan G4NNJ

I have a z817 I use with my ft817. I have to use the tune button on the tuner to force tuning. It forces the rig to put out power and tune. No command from the rig. Works great?

73 Ron n9ee?

On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 4:50 PM, Ken N2VIP <ken@...> wrote:

This is a current product, have you tried to contact LDG?

Ken, N2VIP

On Oct 9, 2024, at 14:58, Allan Forster <allanforster1955@...> wrote:

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I have a Z817 tuner, I bought it 2nd hand, it came with the control cable but I do not believe it is the original cable.

My FT-818 will not work with the tuner, it does not change mode and power and so the tune cycle fails. ?The Baud rate is set correctly.

The tuner works fine without the cable I.e. manually sending a carrier to tune.

I do not know what is at fault, the cable, the ATU or the FT-818

?

Is there anything special with the original LDG cable?

?

Any thoughts?

?

Thanks

?

Allan G4NNJ

Allan,

I have the Z11 which is the predecessor to the Z817.? I had to add an accessory from W4RT called the One Touch Tune to allow me to key and tune from the radio.?

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The tuner has a couple of thousand memories and once a tuning setup has been stored, the tuner will go back to that one once it senses the frequency.? When setting the baud rate, you change the CAT function (#14) baud rate, not one of the other settings.? You have to press and hold the F key to store the new setting.? If you have the right cable, it will only fit in the ACC port on the back of the radio.? Be sure that the tuner is not in the "Bypass" mode and then operate as outlined in the manual.? The tuner will key the transmitter for a full tune up cycle as shown in the manual.? You can find the manual on the DX Engineering site.

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Al Skierkiewicz
WB9UVJ

I have a Z817 tuner, I bought it 2nd hand, it came with the control cable but I do not believe it is the original cable.

My FT-818 will not work with the tuner, it does not change mode and power and so the tune cycle fails.? The Baud rate is set correctly.

The tuner works fine without the cable I.e. manually sending a carrier to tune.

I do not know what is at fault, the cable, the ATU or the FT-818

?

Is there anything special with the original LDG cable?

?

Any thoughts?

?

Thanks

?

Allan G4NNJ

Allan, the cable came with the tuner, at least mine did a month ago. Watch a YouTube video on setup. I press the tune button on the Z817 and the radio switches to packet, the relays rattle and the green light illuminates steady...I hope.

Mike WA1MAD

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 3:58 PM Allan Forster via <allanforster1955=[email protected]> wrote:

I have a Z817 tuner, I bought it 2nd hand, it came with the control cable but I do not believe it is the original cable.

My FT-818 will not work with the tuner, it does not change mode and power and so the tune cycle fails.? The Baud rate is set correctly.

The tuner works fine without the cable I.e. manually sending a carrier to tune.

I do not know what is at fault, the cable, the ATU or the FT-818

?

Is there anything special with the original LDG cable?

?

Any thoughts?

?

Thanks

?

Allan G4NNJ