[Yaesu] Ft-980 CAT Cable issue

[Phil]

Hi Dave,
Yes, it's called "Homebrew it", an old ham tradition. . .

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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RADIOS:
Grundigs: Satellit 750 (2011), S-350 (2006)&  G6 (2011).
Icom: R-75 with Two 250Hz CW Filters.
Kenwood: TS130S HF Transceiver (circa 1980).
Radio Shack: DX-380 digital portable (circa 1990).
RFspace: SDR-IQ (circa 2012)
Zenith: Royal-7000 Transoceanic (circa 1969).

ACCESSORIES:   Homebrewed LF Pre-Amp, MFJ-949E HF Tuner
                Homebrewed 6 Hz Filter.

ANTENNAS: 88' Long Ladder-line fed dipole, Apex at 35 feet.
           Ratzlaff Active Whip up 24 feet for LF/MW
Merced, Central California, 37.3N 120.48W  CM97sh


On 4/15/2012 12:29 AM, David Thompson wrote:
> I had the Yaesu FIF-232C interface years ago and decided to hook the 980
> back up using one of  the new USB cables for digital/RTTY and rig control
> for contests.
>
> All of the cables have a 6 pin DIN whereas the ext ctl (14) on the rear
> panel is a 5 pin DIN.  I seem to recall the FIF 232 had a short 5 in to 6
> pin DIN cable to correctly hook up to the interface cable.
>
> I e-mailed two of the vendors about this problem but neither answered.
>
> Is there a solution?
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
>