[Yaesu] FIF-232C hookup

[Tony]

Hi Randy,
   I just connected my FT840 to COM1 on a 10 year old '386. I used
the $50 W1GEE cable/TTL<->RS232 translator. (The FIF232 was ~$120 at
HRO and you still need a cable). I did have to buy a 25pin to 9 pin
adaptor to mate with my com port - $6 at Radio Shack.
   So far, both Log-EQF and SOFT990 work with this connection. I've sent
FT840 specs to CT author K1EA for his consideration.

So here is where to get it.
http://www.sarrio.com/sarrio/w1gee.html

or you can buy it thru Personal Database Applications at:
http://www.hosenose.com/w1gee.htm#lcu


Soft990 is available from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/f6dex.
(A message from Laurent went to the Yaesu reflector today).

LogEQF logging software can be had from N3EQF at:
http://www.itis.net/eqf/

Have fun & 73,
Tony


At 12:43 -0800 1/04/98, Randy Wing wrote:
}Has anyone hooked up an FT-840 with the FIF-232C box to their computer?
}
}If you have, did you get a 25 pin female RS232C connection on one end and
}a 9 pin male COM port connection on the other end of a cable?
}
}I'm struggling with whether I need to buy a full RS232C serial card for my
}computer or whether the COM port connection is adequate.  The
}documentation is a little vague here - I guess it assumes a full
}connection, I'm just trying to avoid it if I can...  Any help here?


Tony Armendariz
ke6ynr@garlic.com
FISTS #3535
"When you've worked a FISTS, you've worked a friend."



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