Digirig and Kenwood G707 FM 2 meters Fldigi Setup

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Hello,

Anyone set up a Kenwood G707 for Fldigi, FM 2 meters? I bought the 6pin DIN cable and the Digirig module. I set the radio for 9600 and have the Serial cable and USB plugged in to the computer with the right driver, the PC assigned it port 10. I also set the driver speed to 9600. In Fldigi I set up the audio (USB) in and out and set PTT to external with RTS. I set the receive to FM and tried FM packet, I see the receive noise streaming but when I try to send there is no PTT and Tx is not enabled. Any help is appreciated! This is my second Digirig, I have one working on my Kenwood TS 480 HF Radio.

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That sounds frustrating but I think you are close. There is a step in the fldigi configuration where you initialize the serial PTT connection.

There is also the guide, Troubleshooting Digital Modes – digirig which is helpful.

73 Chris KC3QVF

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I’ll go back and do it all over I remember hitting the initialize button.

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@Arvind That was just my “shot in the dark” suggestion, since I have missed that in the past, myself.

73 Constrainted

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Well after having changed computers and a few e-mails. I have it working!

Dumb mistake I plugged-in the 6pin DIN to TRS connector into the wrong port. I put it into the audio port and viola it works!

I now have the Kenwood G707 working on FM 2meters using Fldigi on our repeater and also have Winlink Vara FM working. Thanks to Denis for his patience and instant responses.

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Wow! Thanks for coming back and letting us know about your success!

Congratulations.

73 Constrainted