Keith: Not sure what is going on between the radio and antenna, but the
857D can do CAT via the microphone jack. Perhaps this helps:
http://www.k6xx.com/radio/ft857ser.pdf
--73, Mike, WV2ZOW
On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Keith Dutson <kdutson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I have an FT-857D in the truck, with TuneMatic antenna controller for
> Little
> Tarheel HP. It has a CAT cable connection.
>
>
>
> When I work the Texas QSO Party in mobile category, I have a driver, and
> operate from the passenger seat. I use a laptop for logging, which also
> gets info from the FT-857D via CAT cable. I brought up this issue to
> TuneMatic at Hamvention, and TuneMatic said it uses the CAT cable for power
> only. This makes no sense to me because there is a regular black/white
> power cable to TuneMatic unit. The CAT connection is from an external,
> small box that interfaces to the FT0857D. In other words, it does not
> interface to an Icom or Kenwood radio.
>
>
>
> I have looked for a "Y" CAT cable, but no luck so far. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
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