Specifications 5
General features
• Transceiver audio interface for operating digital modes, voice recording and playback
• CAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) system
• FSK output
• Additional SERIAL input/output
Computer connection
• USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector
• Powered from the USB port (consuming 100 mA maximum)
• No external power supply needed
Transceiver connection
• Single 25-pin connector for transceiver cable
• Various transceiver models supported
Audio interface
• Insulated from digital nets
• Maximum input/output amplitude is 1V
• Input/output samplerate: 8 to 48 kHz
• True 16-bit DAC/ADC used
• Volume levels are adjusted by the front panel potentiometers and on-board jumpers
CAT serial port
• Baudrate: 300-115200 baud
• Electrical compatibility: RS-232, CI-V, TTL or inverted-TTL (Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, Ten-Tec,
Elecraft and JRC transceivers)
PTT/CW outputs
• PTT output: open collector and TTL-level
• CW output: open collector
• Maximum current is 50 mA
FSK output
• Open collector output
• Baudrate is adjusted by the on-board jumpers (preset to 45.45 baud).
SERIAL input/output
• Baudrate: 300-115200 baud
• Electrical compatibility: RS-232 (TXD/RXD/RTS/CTS lines)
System requirements
• Desktop or laptop computer with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 compliant port
• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista or Mac OS or Linux operating system