Hi All, I’ve been using a Digirig 1.9 for several months now with a Baofeng UV-5R. Works well. I recently purchased a Kenwood TM-G707A and wanted to use it with Winlink also.
I purchased a cable from Digirig. A 6 pin din. PTT works fine but I’m not getting any audio indication that it’s transmitting data.
The cable is for, Yaesu,Icom and supposedly Kenwood. The radio is listed on the page for the cable. The Kenwood is set to 9600 bps.
Sitting side by side with my Baofeng, it works and the Kenwood does not.
Any ideas?
Frustrating! But you have the Baofeng to monitor the TX frequency, which is good. Have you checked the audio out from the Digirig with earphones? Have you checked continuity in the cable from TRRS to DIN pins?
Thanks for the headphone suggestion. I did, and I hear a data stream. I did check the continuity of the cable because I read in the forum that that was an issue at one time. All good there.
I"m thinking the pin outs are not correct for the Kenwood. I’m going to upload the spec sheet. Maybe someone with a better understanding can help.
It’s on page 2 of the upload. Kenwood Pin out.pdf (351.2 KB)
There was a user malfunction. Since I’m new to this radio, I didn’t notice that it had an offset by default. Ouch. It takes three steps to clear the offset!
It’s working now though. Thank for the suggestions.
Kelly WO4KAC
I too have a TM-G707A using the suggested Digirig cable with the 6 pin DIN. All seems to work well however I do get a constant noise input into my computer. It appears that the pin 6 on the TM-G707A DIN is a squelch control (for a TNC) that the Digirig does not use. The TM-G707A data line appears to have a constant open squelch. So, using VARAFM or Echolink I constantly hear open squelch noise. There does not appear to be anyway to utilize this pin. Data in/out on VARAFM works good, but not well on Echolink. Maybe I still need to mess with the Echolink settings. Dan - KF0YV
For voice applications you will be better off using 1200 baud path. Additionally, there may be a need for the radio to signal COS (Carrier Operated Squelch) to the software. Digirig models offer that as a pad on the board, but it will require some modding to get it to the computer.
