Yaesu Ft-818ND and 9600 baud cable

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I’m in the final stages of deciding to pull the trigger on a FT-818nd radio. I’m definitely going to want to add a digirig to it.

While looking at your cable offerings, I noticed that the standard 818 set comes with a 1200 baud cable, but there is a separate 9600 cable offered. The 818 isn’t specifically tagged in the 9600 baud cable, but the description says it works on all Yaesu’s except the 891.

I have a couple of questions I hope someone can clarify:

  1. Does the 9600 cable (Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood 9600 baud MiniDin6 audio cable for Digirig Mobile – digirig) in fact work with the FT-818ND?

  2. Is it possible to use the 9600 baud cable for all services, including those that run at 1200 baud, and just let it connect at whatever speed it negotiates, or will I need to be swapping between the two cables depending on what digital mode/service I’m trying to use at the time?

  3. Would it be possible to get a “Short” version of the combined cable that is both CAT control and the 9600 baud data? I’m looking at putting this in a “manpak” setup, so I don’t need a lot of extra cable bulk.

  4. If no on 3, would it be possible to get a “short” version of the 9600 cable?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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  1. yes, 9600 baud cable works with FT-818ND
  2. yes, 1200 mode apps should handle wider bandwidth 9600 audio. To my understanding the only beneficiary of the wider bandwidth is winlink/vara supporting faster transfer speed in wide mode (paid license required, subject to band conditions, only noticeable on messages with large attachments).
  3. the short/combined versions are 1200 baud So far there wasn’t enough interest for 9600 variant so no plans for it at the time of writing.
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Ok. Good to know.

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Cheers,
N5PWJ