[1000mp] Band data cable

[Pete Smith]

Would it even be necessary to use the diodes, as long as the band data port 
can provide enough current to drive the devices in question?  I'm assuming 
that they will not be supplied with voltage from any other source.

73, Pete N4ZR.

At 01:08 PM 1/22/2005, zoltan.pitman at vodafone.com wrote:

> > Slightly off topic but I want to use the MP's band data
> > output to bandswitch an antenna switch and a linear amp. I
> > assume that a Y cable would do this. Is there a commercial
> > cable made? Is there another way to do this that doesn't
> > involve getting band data from a computer program?
>
>I am not aware of any commercially made cable, but you can do the
>Y-splitting yourself using a Y arrangement of diodes. Any diode will do like
>1N4148.
>
>Or you can do the splitting after the BCD-decoding.
>
>73! Zoli HA1AG
>
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