[ICOM] DB9

[Phil & Anne Irons]

Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC wrote:
> I need a expert computer guy to answer this question. I need a straight 
> thru female DB9 to female DB9 connector where pin 1 is pin 1 etc exactly 
> the same at both ends. What is the correct terminology for this cable? I 
> bought one that is called "direct" and that is not the right one, does 
> anyone here know? Is it called a Serial Modem Cable?
> 
> 
> Dan K9DTC
> 
Essentially what you want is a gender changer.  Presumably you have two 
devices that you want to connect, but have male plugs on each end, 
right?  Usually a DB9 is a serial connector, so you're partly right, but 
I think that a modem cable will have something else on one end.

Hope this helps...

Phil/VE1BVD