Are there any articles/posts discussing how to get this working on a Win10 PC?
Bret/ N4SRN
Most of the posts here explain how to use the Digirig with various radios.
The pinout for the Baofeng UV-5R is described here:
and you can use that to make a cable for your computer audio jack.
Let us know how it works out.
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I was more thinking about how to use the direct Baofeng to PC cable sold by Digirig for use w/o the Digirig.
I have a few Digirigs and love them, but will teach a short workshop for our Makerspace radio club on Winlink on-the-cheap. I’ll show them how to use their radios direct-cabled and cabled via a Digirig, and let them decife to make a cable, buy a direct cable from Digirig or buy a Digirig+cable.
I think most will find the Vox for PTT to be troublesome and get a Digirig.
Direct to computer cable splits audio from K1 connector into separate TRS jacks - one for mic and one of headphones. This allows to connect Baofeng/Kenwood HTs to the regular sound card sockets.
This leaves PTT to radio’s VOX which is not optimized for digital modes and usually not that great to begin with. There is a now a passive cable that implements PTT + necessary attenuation and works with existing Digirig audio cables:
This can be a more economical VOX-based alternative to full Digirig setup.
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