[ICOM] Radio Shack USB - CIV control adapter

Tom Crawford TMCsail at sbcglobal.net
Tue Apr 24 23:10:28 EDT 2007


I caught wind of this Radio Shack cable/adapter (maybe here) quite some time ago and finally decided I had to give it a try.
It is intended as a PC interface for several of their scanners.

It's a very nice package - the SMD circuit board has LEDs indicating TX and Rec (of the serial data). The board is housed in a transparent case.
The package comes with an adapter which must be used with ICOMs.

Installation was a snap - I plugged the USB connector into a USB port. The "Found New Hardware" installation prompt opened.  I told it not to look for a driver 'cause I had it..... so forth.

I looked at the device manager and saw that the driver had installed the adapter as COM4.

I control my rigs (746pro and 706mk2g) with DxLab and I also use Ham Radio Deluxe. I set the software to look for the radio on COM4 and set DTR and RTS off and all works as expected.

Here are the details:
Radio Shack
Full-Speed USB Scanner Programming Cable
20-047
I paid $29.99

73,
Tom, W3TMC


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