I have a Kenwood trc 80 and it has an 8 pin female DIN connector on the back for data operations. I’m wondering what cable I would need and if the trc 80 can interface to my computer using a digirig, and how to go about doing that.
if it’s any help here’s a link to the manual where it talks about the accessory port:
looks like:
pin 3 is audio from radio to ‘digirig’ audio in (ring1)
pin 4 is ground (sleeve)
pin 6 is ptt (ring2)
pin 7 is audio to radio from ‘digirig’ (tip)
you might have to homebrew this TRRS to Din8 cable
good luck
kb0wlf
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ok, thank you for the help, I think I’m starting to understand what I need to do
I am happy to announce that I have the Digirig mobile (audio) working with the Kenwood TK-80, (as far as I can see the TRC-80 is the same radio as the TK-80).
I had to home-brew the connector cable, it is the Digirig mobile’s TRRS 3.5 plug to the TK-80’s 8 pin DIN Accessory 2 port on the back of the radio.
The included picture shows the TK-80 with the Digirig mobile and the audio cable:
The connection between the Digirig mobile’s TRRS plug and the TK-80’s 8 pin DIN plug are as follows:
T - DIN 3
R1 - DIN 7
R2 - DIN 6
S - DIN 4
Thanks to the Digirig forum members for the help in figuring this out.
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sweet!
glad it’s working
kb0wlf