[Yaesu] Decoding CAT Bytes

Ed Jensen k5ed@dzn.com
Fri, 29 May 1998 09:00:24 -0600


Hi Jim,

>Before I get into specifics, does anyone have experience doing byte/bit
>level decoding of the Yaesu CAT streams?  Does anyone know of
>applications with source code available (any computer language) which
>read and parse the Yaesu frequency information?  I am primarily
>interested in decoding and translating the 19-byte status update
>message.

I have written rig control programs for the FT1000 and FT990 in C.  I have
an FT840 but have not done any rig control for it, but the info in the
manual looks similiar.  I will be happy to send you examples of my code if
you want.

73, Ed


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