[FARC] 7th St Radio Shack saves the day again

[Joseph M. Durnal]

I'll keep that in mind.  I was working from home today so that would
have been a long drive.

I didn't realize that the Kenwood TM-D700 had a male DB9 connector,
the same as on the back of the computer.  I have one male to male, and
several male to female DB9 cables, bot no female to female until now.

The good news is that I have the Kenwood TM-D700 up and running in
packet mode using xastir for APRS and also acting as a WIDE1-1
digipeater.  It is working well.  I'm going to use this setup for the
Hike Across Maryland.  Since I won't be the one operating it, I'll
have to do some quick training on the D700 and xastir, and a touch of
linux, just in case something goes wrong and a reboot is needed.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R



On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM, David Kindred <david at retroscape.com> wrote:
> Hey, Joe,
>
> You might want to take a look at The Computer Place (www.tcponline.com) on
> the corner of Quince Orchard and Clopper in Gaithersburg sometime. I've
> gotten cables (some more obscure) from them, and their prices are a lot
> better than RS.
>
> --David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: farc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:farc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Joseph M. Durnal
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:31 PM
> To: Frederick, Maryland ARC
> Subject: [FARC] 7th St Radio Shack saves the day again
>
>
> I can't say enough good things about the Radio Shack on 7th street in
> Frederick.  I needed an RS232 serial cable, DB9 female to DB9 female
> straight through, and sure enough, they had it.  It was quite expensive at
> $20, but they had it.  I was almost sure I'd have to order one and not have
> it for the weekend!
>
> 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
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