[Yaesu] Yaesu separation cable jack question

[John Geiger]

I think on the FT891 it is a straight thru cable, at least that is how it
looked when I tried to line it up pin for pin with the small cable that
came with the rig.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at netins.net>
wrote:

> I don't know about the FT891 but I do know the FT-857D front panel cables
> are 6 wire telephone cables with one oddity. The connectors are installed
> on the cable with one inverted, not straight through telephone standard.
> The standard telephone cable won't work.
> http://www.geraldj.networkiowa.com/papers/2013/Tidbits.pdf
>
> The cable with the connector on one end flipped works fine even if long
> enough to control the rig in the car trunk.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>
> On 9/11/2017 1:43 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>
>> On the FT891 and FT857D the separation cables are 6 wire straight thru
>> cables, if my viewing of them is correct.  Is that right?  Is the modular
>> jack on each end a RJ12 6 pin jack?
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
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