Dear Community,<br>LA7XQ, Norway here.<br>I am new to the Drats community.<br>I have a ICOM ID-800 and a Laptop PC (no serial) with Ubuntu 8.10<br>I want to hook up.<br><br>Could you guys tell me which cables/how to connect between the Laptop and the<br>
ID-800.<br><br>I have search a little around and I can only find 'data cable' but with no<br>ID numbers, same for (I guess USB-RS232), which cable and where to get them.<br>Is it the same cable for CHIPER?<br>I have heard that many USB->RS232 cable do not support HW handshake DTR,CTS etc,<br>
some are not good for Linux etc.<br>I guess a cable with USB->RS232 HW handshake signals are the best ??<br>Which/Where to get good cables to get my Laptop happpy with CHIPER and D-RATS ?<br>Do you know if I need some special SW drivers to install on Ubuntu in order to communicate with<br>
ID-800/D-Rats ?<br>D-rats looks interesting.<br>Can we remote (by SW) change ID-800's frequency also with D-rats?<br>Best Rgs LA7XQ<br><br>