I use the RT systems controller and cable.  Mine uses a usb port and it works well. Sometimes you have to hold the cable where it hooks into the computer to keep a tight connection. I use Chirp on Baofeng radios and it also works well if you get the legitimate cable. The Baofeng/Kenwood cable are different than the Yaesu cable. 

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 5:51 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> Absent any first-hand experience, I think I'll try manual programming for local repeaters, and if that gets too tedious, I'll just order the BlueMax49ers cable.

I don't have first-hand experience, but I can offer second-hand experience recently. When converting the ft90 driver for chirp-next, I was working with a guy and we did get it working, so I think it's fine. It's not a popular (or common) radio and the driver doesn't support more than basic memory editing, but did seem to work.

That said, I would encourage you to not cheap out on a cable (which you seem to realize is smart) on this one, even more so than normal. The ft90 is a weird arrangement where it requires power from the computer on one of the signal lines to work properly. Most radios only use a two or three-wire connection for the data lines, but this requires one of the hardware signaling lines. So, BlueMax49ers is the way to go, IMHO.

--Dan
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