MUST be a three wire cable. A full 25 wire cable will short out signals in
the rig.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Skoubis" <george.skoubis@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 04:09
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Omni 6 Rig Control
> George,
>
> Writelog will connect to your computer with a simple serial port
> cable. DB25 connector on the radio end and most likely DB9 on the
> computer end.
>
> Go into any computer store and tell them what you need and it should
> cost you less than 20.
>
> Just the serial port cable will get Writelog reading the frequency
> from the radio, as well as jumping to the band spots if you use packet
> or telnet.
>
> If you add cables RCA plug to 1/8" stereo plug (sometimes you also
> need to set up isolation transformers to keep out the rf) and plug these
> in the audio in/out jacks on the Omni VI and the other end into the
> sound card in/out jacks on the computer you can also use Writelog to
> send recorded exchange messages (if you are a contester or a dxer and
> want to save your voice in the pileup).
>
> The serial cable will probably get you what you want to start out
> with, if you have questions on setup subscribe to the Writelog reflector
> (instructions on the Writelog home page) or try www.k9jy.com for a
> really good Writelog setup website.
>
> Good luck and welcome to the computer age!
>
> 73 de George / KF9YR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of George Tuncil
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 9:18 PM
> To: TenTec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Omni 6 Rig Control
>
> I have an Omni 6, option 3, rig which I have had for nearly 9 years now.
> I have finally progressed to the computer age and have a computer in my
> shack (don't laugh!). Anyway, I would like to know what the preferred
> method is for hooking up my Omni to the computer for rig control, in
> conjunction with my new logging software (Writelog). I read about all
> kinds of ways to do this, but not being much of a computer guy, or
> wanting to hook up several different keying devices and a TNC in my
> already crowded shack, is there a simple device or method to do this?
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> George Tuncil, W6AEA
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