[Yaesu] FT-1000D 8-pin DIN plug ?

[Jerry Flanders]

Unfortunately, the commonly available DIN plug doesn't quite fit. I have 
heard the proper plug can be ordered from Yaesu.

Jerry W4UK

At 16:54 1/30/04, John Nelson wrote:
>I was just making up a lead to go from the BAND DATA connector on an
>FT-1000D to an amplifier. I thought the 8-pin DIN plug was a standard item
>(and the pin orientation and spacings look standard) but for some reason my
>spare samples are all very reluctant to fit whereas a Yaesu item -- which is
>unserviceable for other reasons, and is a poor-quality item anyway  -- seems
>to fit OK. Anyone know whether there's some subtlety about Yaesu DIN
>connectors that makes standard types unusable?
>
>73 John
>GW4FRX