What did you expect ICOM to do with a connector that carries power, audio, GPS data, push-to-talk line, and grounds for all of those (probably separate grounds for each)? I just looked at mine and there are 12 pins in there. If they made separate connectors for each then it probably would have violated the dimensions they were designing for making the unit much less compact not to mention having all kinds of wires sticking out of it making it cumbersome. --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Nov 28, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Scott wrote: > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Joe Mesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > There is a solution! > > > > But if you look at this like most of us anything past FREE is never > > affordable. > > > > Mark, KJ4VO at the HRO Atlanta store and I have been researching > this. No > > one has the proprietary connector, period. I have not been able to > locate > > the custom waterproof connector vendor that Icom uses either. > > > > It turns out that the ONLY way we have found using any supplier to > do this > > is to order the microphone cable from the GPS microphone. It is > perfect > > Good to know. The suppliers I get my speaker mic cables from are > actually factories that produce speaker mics and things for companies > like Kenwood. Unfortunately they don't have this one, and if it turns > out that the tooling is owned by ICOM and is completely proprietary, > then there's not much alternative but to have a new mold made even if > I can find the factory. > > What's the cheapest accessory that has this connector type, regardless > of which pins are wired? If I do have them produced, I'll need to > send a couple of samples in for analysis. > > Scott > N1VG > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
