[Packet] Icom V8000 for packet

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thanks!  I'll connect conventionally...

Dave KL7P
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Donnell" <kd7nm at pugetsound.net>
To: <packet at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Packet] Icom V8000 for packet


> The Data IN pin may not be for audio-encoded packet data, but instead 
> digital logic signals, used to program the radio, or even for a digital 
> audio path from the microphone.  Other Icom radios in the past have used a 
> microphone where the audio signal from the microphone is digitized and 
> (along with all the control functions on the microphone) sent to the radio 
> as a digital data stream.  In the case of that particular radio 
> (IC2000???) the radio sensed whether the digitizing microphone was 
> connected, when the radio power was turned on.  And if without turning off 
> the radio, you disconnected the microphone and plugged in an analog 
> microphone or a packet radio connection, there was a possibility of radio 
> damage, and the PTT function didn't behave as one would expect.  So that 
> may be why it's not documented - the practical ability of a user to do 
> anything independently of a programming cable or the Icom-provided 
> microphone may be very limited.
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> 73, Bob
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