[VHFcontesting] Yaesu FT-736R

[Mark Spencer]

If you want to confirm the interface is working you might try using SATPC32.  I seem to recall helping the developer test some functionality on my FT736 approx 10 years ago.  It worked well for me when I used to work satellites.

73

Mark S
VE7AFZ 

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Jul 8, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Terry Signature <terry at directivesystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Partially correct - yes the FT736 only takes commands, there is no feedback or polling. I wrote a program on an old CP/M system back in 1983 when I got my FT736 but without polling, it's not very useful. Most modern software doesn't support the rig either. The only items you can poll is the s-meter (pretty useless) and the status of the squelch (almost as useless!!). You could also set up the duplex for crossband operation. The radio came with the CAT interface but it's a DIN connector and operates at TTL levels so you need to use a MAX232 or similar chip to get RS232 levels. I think Yaesu's incarnation was a FIF-232 but the Kenwoood unit for a TS850 worked with the correct pinout on the DIN.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Terry Price, W8ZN
>> On 2017-07-08 09:48, Peter Laws wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Ethan Miller K8GU <ethan at k8gu.com> wrote:
>>> If I recall
>>> correctly, the 736 has an unusual computer control arrangement in that
>>> frequencies may be commanded to it, but it has no facility to read
>>> back the frequency.
>> And that the computer "control" card was optional - not all radios had
>> them.  I thought I read that on this group - if there are archives for
>> this list, it might be worth a grep.
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