[1000mp] Fw: Mk V Band Data Plug

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Below was sent almost three hours ago.  Perhaps this time I have convinced
the computer only to send as text!
J. Mc Laughlin  -  Michigan USA
Home:  JCM@Power-Net.Net
Office:  JCM@McLMcL.Com
----- Original Message -----
From: <jcm@power-net.net>
To: "1000MP Dec2001" <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Mk V Band Data Plug


> Thanks first to Al who pointed out that my mail program was sending in
HTML
> and thus my earlier attempts to post went into limbo.
>
> I need at least one of the 8 pin plugs that mates with the "Band Data"
> socket of my Mk V so that I can have the Mk V properly communicate with an
> Alpha99 that is on its way to me.   (CrossLink, the company that now makes
> the Alpha99, is not able to procure any of the magic plugs.  Thus I can
not
> get a connection cable from them.)  A proper connection from the Mk V
> to/from the Alpha99 is needed to be able best to take advantage of the
full
> breakin capabilities of each device.
>
>     What I have learned from an extensive WEB search is:
> 1. the pin spacing used by Yaesu is not standard!
> 2.  the 8 pin DIN plug that is available from RS is said not to fit and is
> capable of damage to the Mk V's socket if one attempts to use a "standard"
8
> pin DIN plug
> 3.  it is possible that Kenwood uses the same, non-standard scheme  (AES
has
> a "Kenwood 8 pin plug" for sale)
> 4.  some electronic distributors are said to carry both the standard and
> non-standard 8 pin DIN plug (which suggests that the proper plug might not
> be so non-standard after all)
> 5.  Yaesu does not include an 8 pin plug with their expensive radio even
> though one needs one properly to use an amplifier!  (this does not
engender
> warm feelings when coupled with the difficulty of procurement)
>
> Help!  Please share how you dealt with the issue.  Where might one procure
> the proper plug?  How does one describe the proper plug to one from whom
one
> wishes to purchase same?
>
> ...additionally:  the band pins (BCDA) from the Band Data socket form a
BCD
> coding with A the LSD and the 160 meter band being band 0001.
>
>     Thanks for your help.   73   Mac  N8TT
>
> J. Mc Laughlin  -  Michigan USA
> Home:  JCM@Power-Net.Net
> Office:  JCM@McLMcL.Com
>