[Kenwood] T-599D R-599D Interconnect Cable Issue

[manualman]

Bill:
>From memory, I thought the receiver's relay was only activated when the
receiver operated stand-alone (no matching T-599D) and you had to provide
a jumper plug to the Remote socket of the receiver.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:42:47 -0600 "Pancake, John W Ctr USAF AFSPC 721
MSG/CEAN-PWT" <John.Pancake.ctr at cheyennemountain.af.mil> writes:
> Good Morning - 
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> I'd like to ask the list members help regarding a wiring issue with 
> the
> transceiver interconnect cable used on my T-599D / R-599D.
> 
> The transceiver cable I acquired had to be re-wired/re-soldered due 
> to some
> abuse/hacking from a previous owner.
> 
> I followed the info in the T-599D manual (page 20) as to which cable 
> lead
> would go to each connector pin.
> 
> As this is my first experience with the T-599D/R-599D twins, I had 
> to assume
> that each 16 pin connector was wired the same, pin-for-pin.
> 
> That is, for both connectors pin #1 goes to pin #1, #2 to #2, #3 to 
> #3 etc.
> 
> Where I got stumped was when the manual indicated that pin #7 of 
> T-599D is
> UNUSED but IS used for the R-599D relay coil.
> 
> >From studying the schematics for both rigs, leaving pin #7 unused 
> appears to
> leave the R-599D relay coil with no ground connection.
> 
> Am I on the right track here?
> 
> With the cable connectors in their present wiring configuration, the 
> R-599D
> relay never activates (no speaker mute, etc.) on xmit.
> 
> Any help anyone can provide as to the CORRECT wiring of EACH 
> transceiver
> connector plug would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Tnx & 73, Bill, w0ng
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