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Re: [CQ-Contest] Yaesu FT-1000 CAT to USB

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Yaesu FT-1000 CAT to USB
From: Gary Sutcliffe <w9xt@unifiedmicro.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:13:58 +0000
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On 6/3/2016 9:39 PM, David Pruett wrote:
Fritz,


I would agree with some of the other respondents who recommended
sticking with adapters using a real FTDI chip.


Unfortunately there are a lot of products with counterfeit FTDI chips. There have been reports that some ham applications don't work well with the counterfeit parts. It is probably less likely to be a problem with a Yaesu CAT application than say sending CW.

A while back FTDI did a driver update that bricked counterfeit chips. I had that happen to one of the cheap ones I got off eBay or Amazon. FTDI backed down but if you get a new cable make sure you update your FTDI drivers just in case.

Some more discussion on the counterfeit chips:
http://hackaday.com/?s=FTDI


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Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT
www.w9xt.com

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