# Winlink through VARA-FM on Yaesu FT-818 - not connecting, no signal **URL:** https://forum.digirig.net/t/winlink-through-vara-fm-on-yaesu-ft-818-not-connecting-no-signal/1767 **Category:** Uncategorized **Tags:** yaesu-ft-818, software-varahf **Created:** [June 2, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.digirig.net/t/winlink-through-vara-fm-on-yaesu-ft-818-not-connecting-no-signal/1767 "2023-06-02T03:12:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![Constrainted](https://forum.digirig.net/user_avatar/forum.digirig.net/constrainted/32/2219_2.png) [@Constrainted](https://forum.digirig.net/u/Constrainted) #### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.digirig.net/t/winlink-through-vara-fm-on-yaesu-ft-818-not-connecting-no-signal/1767/18 "2023-06-06T08:46:41Z")
Should we combine this thread with this other one about COM ports on Windows 10? > [@Windows 10 not finding COM port](https://forum.digirig.net/t/windows-10-not-finding-com-port/1594): > > Prefacing this by saying I’m NOT very good with computers, so “explain it to me like I’m five years old” please. My Windows 10 computer does not detect the Digirig when I plug it in. I’m using a data USB cable which says it has “480 MBPS transfer speed” so it seems to be a “data cable.” In “Device Manager”, under “Ports (COM & LPT)”, there is only “HP Communications Port (COM4)”. On the page [Troubleshooting Digital Modes – digirig](https://digirig.net/troubleshooting-digital-modes/) it says that I should be seeing “Silicon Labs CP210x USB to U… 73 Constrainted --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.digirig.net/t/winlink-through-vara-fm-on-yaesu-ft-818-not-connecting-no-signal/1767)._