[Ham-Mac] Radio interfacing

[Tod Glenn]

> First, let me qualify my statement by saying that it's been at  
> least three years since I've hooked my FT1000MP to a Mac, but when  
> I did, I had absolutely no problem using the Keyspan USB PDA  
> adapter and a DB-9 to DB-9 serial cable from there to the rig.
>
> (Keyspan no longer sells the USB PDA Adapter, they now have the  
> High-Speed USB PDA adapter.)
>
> I had other connections for audio and CW, but CAT control of the  
> Yaesu worked well.
>
> I'm in the planning process now to go back to using a Mac in the  
> shack, different Mac, same radio. It's disturbing to hear that the  
> hardware I still have in my shop isn't supposed to work anymore...:-(

I am currently using the Yaesu Ct-62 Cat cable, keyspan usb to serial  
(19HS) plugged into a G4 iBook running os 10.4.3 and MacLoggerDX.   
Sound connection is via a Griffin iMike.  Everything works well, and  
no problems to report.

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Tod Glenn
n7jqw at cordite.com