On 02/10/2018 06:48 PM, Michael Sanford wrote:

Ken, RT Systems sells a cable and software for that radio, it only runs on Windows. They tell me that Mac drivers are coming soon…. The product number can be located here https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-2D-programming-software-and-USB-cable-s/2389.htm.

I have an RTS Yaesu cable, and in my limited experience it works fine w/ Linux.

I ran into an unexpected problem this week. I'm hosting a GOTA series in Tigard, OR, and the radio of one student, an FT-25R, would not mechanically accept the RTS cable. The FT-25R is one of the water-resistant models and when the cap was unscrewed from the port, what was left was too small to fit the RTS cable over-molding.

I started fishing around for friends with other cables and contemplating taking an Exacto knife to mine -- then realized this radio is VHF-only, and not suitable for what we'd like to program into it, anyway. It can't talk to our repeater. (Not sure how I'm going to break that news to her, come Monday.)

Benton 10feb18
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