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From: Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu (Jim Reisert AD1C)
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:49:58 -0500
On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:20:08 -0500, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

>You seem to be confusing two things here.
>
>You need a serial interface between the radio and CT in order to track
>frequency.  I don't know what kind of radio you have, but for example a
>TS-940 needs an internal IF-10B circuit, and an external IFC-232
>interface (I may have the names messed up).  The IFC-232 connects to
>your radio via a null-modem cable, and to an available COM port on your
>computer.

I made a mistake here.  What I meant to say is that the IFC-232
connects to an available COM port on your computer using a null-modem
cable.  The IFC-232 has its own cable with some sort of DIN connector
that plugs into the radio.

>To send CW, you need to build a one-transistor circuit from an
>available COM (separate from the radio interface above) or LPT port and
>connect this to the "Key In" jack on your radio.  The description for
>this circuit is in the CT manual.
>
>73 - Jim AD1C
>
>
>On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 11:35:18 -0200, Ron Pacheco wrote:
>
>>   can anyone help me to build a interface to conect my PC to my electronic 
>>keyer, that allows the CT to follows the band changes I made on my Kenwoods 
>>equipements?????
>>
>>   I have a basic one, that goes from the COM2 port to the electronic keyer, 
>>but not follows the band changes.
>>
>>  Thanks in advance
>>
>>   Ron

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