[chirp_users] Interface for Yaesu 8800

[Aubrey Turner]

As far as I know, no additional equipment is required, at least with the
USB cable.  I don't think one is needed with the RS232, either, but I
haven't used one.

--Aubrey

[Sent from my phone... please excuse any typos.]
On Nov 21, 2013 7:00 PM, "Randy Elliott" <ve3jpu at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Aubrey
> So this cable has level converter built into it, or is a level converter
> not needed.
>
> Randy
> VE3JPU at me.com
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Aubrey Turner <aubrey.c.turner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I presume you are referring to the FT-8800R?
> -->
> http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=106&encProdID=FD01F8F398F2B94A9C9F4299F3D18732&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
>
> If you are wanting to use CHIRP with this radio, all you need is the right
> cable.  No need to build anything unless you are into tinkering with
> electronics, as there are plenty of them on the market.
>
> If you are lucky enough to still have an RS-232 port, here's a serial
> version:
> -
> http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/yaesu-programming-cable-ft7800-ft8800-ft8900-p-218.html
>
> If all you have is USB, here's one that should work quite well:
> -
> http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/yaesu-ftdi-programming-cable-ft7800-ft8800-feet-p-561.html
>
> Note that the above cables are a little pricey, and you can find better
> prices on eBay.  But I picked this vendor in particular because they use
> the FTDI chipset in their USB cables, which usually just works for people
> as soon as the driver is installed.  The cheap cables on eBay often use
> cloned chips that are based on Prolific chips, and Prolific has
> booby-trapped the later versions of the driver to fail with these cloned
> chips, so you have to jump through some hoops to get them to work (i.e.
> load older drivers and disable automatic driver updates).  At least this is
> the case with Windows and USB.  This isn't an issue with the RS-232 version
> (as there is no need for a USB-to-serial chip).  It's also not an issue
> with USB on with Mac or Linux.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/21/2013 03:43 PM, Randy Elliott wrote:
>
> Greetings to the group
>
> Just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction to an interface I can build to communicate chirp with a Yaesu 8800 mobile radio.
>
>
>
> Randy Elliott
>
> Email: ve3jpu at me.com
>
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