[Ham-Mac] Yaesu 857 and Mac, what do I need?

[Euphoria]

Hey! I have one of those, Randy!! Thenks for letting me know!

73! LA6UOA/Trygve:-)


Den 24. apr. 2006 kl. 21:09 skrev Randy Terrell:

> #1. Buy yourself an Imic Audio to USB interface off ebay!   Works  
> great and really convenient to use the front USB port for both  
> transmit and receive audio.  Basically retired all
> my sophisticated interfaces and just use the Imic direct to both  
> FT-1000 and TS-2000X in VOX mode.  cocoModem by Kok Chen is the way  
> to go for the Digital modes.
> 73,
> Randy, K9BCT
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 4:42 AM, Euphoria wrote:
>
>> Hello gurus!
>>
>> Sorry for the bad spelling, folks. I might try this in Norwegian,  
>> but... ;-) (Hey! Any other norwegian hams that operate with Macs  
>> out there?)
>>
>> I have just bought a Yaesu FT-857 and I really wont to scrap the  
>> winbox i use with my old Kenwood TS440. I have 3 Macs in my house  
>> and why use other systems? ;-) I have OSX 10.4-6 on all macs, and  
>> their modern G4's.
>>
>> So here's my questions:
>>
>> 1. What do I need to connect my radio to the Mac?
>> 2. Just bought a CT-62 cable. It's in the mail now. What Serial to  
>> USB-interfaces do you recomend?
>> 3. What software do you use for operating the radio on the Mac?  
>> (Is MacLoggerDX as great as it looks?)
>> 4. Is there anything else I should know about?  
>> (Connectionspeeds, ...anything!)
>> 5. In my transfere to Mac, I would like to convert my logg- 
>> database from Ham radio deluxe to a Mac-format. I'm planning on  
>> buying MacLoggerDX, and would like to convert what I have in the  
>> HRD-log to that program. Any suggestions on how to do that?
>>
>> I hope you can answer and help me out here. I *REALLY* wont the  
>> winbox out of my chack!
>>
>> Best 73's!! LA6UOA / Trygve:-)
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