Make a project out of it, Ron. Send me a schematic and I'll do a PCB for it.
73,
Bruce WW1M
>
>The decoder board I made was for the Yaesu FT-991.
>It provides separate TX gnd outputs for different bands
>as well as outputs for coax relays to switch antennas.
>The difference is Yaesu has parallel BCD band data,
>ICOM has serial band data coming out. But that would
>be fairly easy to implement with a serial in shift register
>like a CD4094 and some glue logic.
>-73 Ron WZ1V
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com>
>To: Crownhaven <crownhaven@bellsouth.net>,
>"vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:32:08 +0000
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700 vs Icom X75 series
>
>> Ron, WZ1V actually homebrewed the whole thing .. I saw a write up
>> somewhere.. Ron??
>>
>> bill
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: VHFcontesting
>> <vhfcontesting-bounces+callbill=hotmail.com@contesting.com> on behalf of
>> Crownhaven <crownhaven@bellsouth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00 PM
>> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700 vs Icom X75 series
>>
>> I'm curious to hear from anyone who has transitioned from the Icom
>> 275/475 to the Icom 9700. I've been using the 275/375/475 with great
>> success but they are old radios. No idea if an upgrade would be worth
>> it. I do find it strange that Icom continues to provide only one ACC
>> port which makes keying, etc., amplifiers on all three bands
>> problematic. I might also ask if anyone makes a break-out box that
>> solves THAT problem.
>>
>> Regarding 1296, I'm using an DEMI 50 watt transverter for that band and
>> would hate to have to buy a 1296 amp to compliment the 9700's 10 watts.
>>
>> Any experiences, thoughts, hello's from old friends appreciated.
>>
>> Steve, N4JQQ, EM55BD, six - 2.3
>>
>>
>>
>>
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