[Yaesu] FT 7100

[Rusty Haddock]

fam.lurling wrote:
    >Hi there,
    >
    >i have a question about this radio, i have this radio now for a week
    >and i try to program the home button but what i do it doesnt work.....

This from one of the Yahoo 7100 groups:

	1. Set the desired freq, CTCSS codes, offset, etc.
	2. Press V/M 1/2-second
	3. Press HOME momentarily

BTW, you can not assign a label to the HOME memory, they are stuck
at VHOME and UHOME.

    >And how do i built mine own program cable is there some home page
    >with tell me how i build the program cable ?

At first I started going into how to wire such a cable and then
I noticed two things:

	1) The 7100's manual only shows connections for going
	   between two radios using the PTT line on the DATA jack
	   for passing data.
	2) I opened up my own cable, which I bought from RTS, and
	   there's a little circuit board with surface mount resistors,
	   diodes, and other "fancy" semiconductors.

Thusly, there's probably some level shifting going on between a PC's
RS-232 and the 7100's PTT input.  So, while you might be able to figure
it out, I'm not going to put out any conjecture.  Dunno if you'd fry
your RS-232 input or your 7100's if you went straight between the two.

Sorry, but I don't think I can help you too well here.  It doesn't
look like it would be that "simple".

    >GR Rini pd2taz
    >
    >
    >ps i read the manual and it didn't tell me how to program this button

That's about right; it doesn't.

	-Rusty-
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