[Yaesu] CAT interfaces on FM rigs?

David Willmore [email protected]
Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0500


Does anyone know if Yaesu makes any mobile FM rigs
that have CAT interfaces on them?  I'd like to interface
a rig in my car with the electronics in the car, but
none of my FM mobile rigs have any kind of serial computer
interface--FT-2500M, FT-1500, and FT-8500.

If not, are there any other radios people would suggest
for this kind of use?  I plan on burying the radio in the
trunk and never seeing it--audio will come from a handsfree
kit in the cabin and go to the stereo speakers.  PTT and
other button presses will come from a little adapter box
that will sit on the cars internal signalling bus.  The
display is the tricky bit.  With CAT, I could just ask
the rig where it's tuned and convert that into a message
to send to the cars radio, but without CAT it becomes
much less practical.

Cheers,
David N0YMV