[chirp_users] QYT KT 8900

[Trevor Holyoak]

OK, the extension speaker would make more sense in the back, I guess. I 
just wish I had waited for the new version that has it. :)

On 5/16/2017 3:19 PM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users wrote:
> Headphones or extension speaker.
>
> Jardy Dawson
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> On May 16, 2017, at 14:11, Trevor Holyoak <trevor at holyoak.com 
> <mailto:trevor at holyoak.com>> wrote:
>
> The first version of the KT8900 had the data port on the back and no 
> headphone jack. The newer ones apparently have both - the headphones 
> must plug in to the back (which seems backwards, but better than not 
> having it).
>
> - Trevor
> KD7GHI/AE
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> On 5/12/2017 5:39 PM, Richard Whittaker wrote:
>> Hi all. I bought a KT8900 at the beginning of the year, and my FTDI 
>> cable showed up about a week ago. Eager to get more than 2 channels 
>> programmed in (the programming interface sucks!), I plugged my cable 
>> in to the BACK of the radio like all the sites say, and.... 
>> Nothing... Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle, nothing. Different radio models, 
>> the whole works, radio would not respond.
>>
>>
>> My model has what the manual calls a data terminal jack on the front.
>>
>>
>> I tried it, the cable fit perfectly, and the radio responded just 
>> fine. I don't know if this is true if all KT8900s, but if yours has a 
>> front jack, it's a good idea to try it.
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> VA7RHW.
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