Just got off their site. Left a message. Thanks for the tip! Charlie

I concur with John - they've done nice work for years! Keating

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All right, I never thought I'd live long enough to say this but I'm giving up on trying to wire the cable myself. Can anyone direct me to a place where I can buy one? I'm disgusted, and I just want

Even harder on a bicycle… In my situation, it'll be mounted beside my FT-857D which is inside a 44L motorcycle plastic top-box. I do sometimes run 100W on SSB on the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m and 6m

It’s just the standard reference problem. Like a serial port. My TX goes to your RX

Ok, Bryan, humor me here... looking at the mini-din pinout below, I'm a little confused by its nomenclature. I think that what's labeled "data out 1200" is what should go to the "mic input" pin on

You just use Radio Audio Out to DRAWS Receive Audio In and leave the other input unconnected. Yes the PinOut is correct.

Bryan, This is an older radio that's going to be wired through the mic connector, so I'm beginning to think that the question as academic, and we'll be using the audio wire. Charlie

I'm wiring up to an old ICOM IC-3200A. Here's the pinouts (looking at the mic connector on the radio: So I believe the pins I need here are 1(audio in), 5(PTT), 6&7(gnd) can be common together -

No, you do not connect the 2 OUTPUTS from the Radio Together. Each one goes to a Separate INPUT on the DRAWS. ICOM Radios with the Mini DIN-6 Data Connector use the supplied 6 Wire Straight Thru

Be more specific which "both wires"? Also which ICOM dual band radio? Rather than making assumptions look for the radio connector in its manual.

All right - it sounds like I can just solder both wires onto the same pin on the mic connector then, correct? Charlie

No Yes If you look at a mDin6 connector pin out and the ALSA controls you will see you can control selection of discriminator (9600 baud) or audio (1200 baud) out. You do NOT need an SPDT

The “Standard” Mini DIN 6 has one TX out put and 2 RX inputs Audio and Discriminator Out which bypasses deemphasis and is preferred for most applications.

Hi Bryan - thanks for the clarification on the blocking caps - I sort of assumed that there was a switch in software to switch between standard audio and discriminator audio, but they would seem to of

-- John D. Hays Kingston, WA K7VE

The Blocking caps are on the DRAWS board. There is a switch in the CODEC to pick the input from SW. BRYAN K7UDR

Just as a follow up on this, it is super straightforward to connect the 991-A to a DRAWS port. It's a pin for pin match with the cables that come with the card, so no problem there. Assuming that

OK, I am ready to connect my DRAWS to my ICOM Dual band radio, which will interface through its 8-pin round mic connector. I can sort out the wiring okay but have a couple of questions. First, are