Dan, I appreciate you getting back to me. I'm brand new to ham radios. When I try to connect to CHIRP I cannot get my FT-60R to go into the clone screen it just shows a numeric frequency. What am I doing wrong? Thanks John
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Smith Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 8:23 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FT-60 cable question
When I talked to you at Seaside, OR you said to drop you a line and you could tell me what cable to purchase to work on CHIRP, thanks
Actually, what I said about the FT-60 was that I'm not sure which cable is best for that one because they all seem problematic. The problem seems to be that the jack on that radio is machined slightly differently from a regular 3.5mm one for some reason, and when I was writing the driver for it, I had to keep pressure on one side of it so it would make contact.
Since Yaesu doesn't provide a cable for it (remember, it's clone-able, but not PC-programmable, according to them), I'm not sure what cable to recommend.
I don't own one myself, but a lot of people here do. I'm sure we can get some good usage reports from the folks here that have one to recommend (or not).
If there is a clear suggestion, then we should add it to the CableGuide page on the chirp site.
--Dan