There are or were boxes available. The one I am using is or was sold
as the KIY box, by K1CC. It works fine with the FT1000.
(KIY means Kenwood, ICOM, Yaesu - the box can work with all three
brands.)
(Note that early boxes may not work with the FT1000 (and maybe other
FT's??) due to a specification problem of some sort. (Apparently
there was an omission to the FT1000 interface spec.) The fix is a
pulldown resistor added to the box on the FT1000 send side..
I had the FT1000 radio timeout problem with CT (any version) until
this resistor was added - the problem was that NO data was getting
back to CT from the radio. That can easily be checked with any
scope.
73, John, K1FWF
jallen@vhfcom.com
> I'm a 'moderate' contester but feel I'm not yet using the full
> potential of the CT 9.2x's capabilities; one of which is the frequency
> control aspect of the radio. Do you have to buy Yaesu's CAT Interface box
> or are there generic productions being made that are cheaper (sound like a
> ham?) and one ends up with the same or better results. I had heard that some
> rigs needed to have manufactorer's designated equipment. The FT-990's
> operating manual is pretty quiet about what is needed to do the job.
>
> In advance, thanks & 73
>
> WN6K, Paul
>
>
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John D. Allen, jallen@vhfcom.com
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