[Yaesu] CAT interfaces on FM rigs?

[Christopher Boone]

Get the new FM Quadbander...it has a detachable/remote head....takes 
care of the problem. (That or a Kenwood TM742 with the additional band 
modules and the adaptor out of CA which allows up to 6 bands on a x42)

Why reinvent the wheel?

Chris
WB5ITT

David Willmore wrote:

> 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
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