[UK-CONTEST] Icom rigs and computer control?

[Alex GM3ZBE]

Hi,

Our local club are doing Jota this year and we will have an IC7800.  Being a
Yaesu user I'm not familiar with Icom rig "CAT" control, I believe it is
called CIV or something?

I bought a control cable which seems to work well with my IC706. It has a
3.5mm jack plug at the rig end.  I believe all Icom rigs use the same
interface so presumably this cable will also work with an IC7800 - is that
correct?

We will not have the IC7800 until a few days before JOTA so I am trying to
sort out computer control in advance - any other potential pitfalls I should
be aware of?

 

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