Interface Cable for Yaesu G-5400B and Fox Delta ST2-0417
Does anyone make a pre-made interface cable to go between the Yaesu G-5400B and the Fox Delta ST2 Satellite Tracking Interface?
My failing eyesight have turned the joy of soldering and kit-making into a major league pain. :-(
I’d also be happy to pay someone that might be willing to make up the cable. Thanks in advance.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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Les,
Looks like this guy is what you are looking for. It is a bit costly.
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/etx-ars-azeldin8?seid=dxese1&gclid=C...
Else if you wanted to mail me the DIN-8 socket connector that came with the rotator or the Fox Delta, I can solder it to a spare Cat5e cable I have lying around the house and mail it back. If time is of the essence, you'll want to go with DXengineering. ;) Just call them to make sure that is indeed the cable.
73 -Ant NU1U
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:12 PM Les Rayburn les@highnoonfilm.com wrote:
Does anyone make a pre-made interface cable to go between the Yaesu G-5400B and the Fox Delta ST2 Satellite Tracking Interface?
My failing eyesight have turned the joy of soldering and kit-making into a major league pain. :-(
I’d also be happy to pay someone that might be willing to make up the cable. Thanks in advance.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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Les:
I think this part does what you need: http://vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/p243.html It's an 8 pin DIN cable with bare ends for the G-5500/5400 rotator control box. If I recall correctly, the ST-2 uses a 8-pin screw terminal block (yes: https://www.foxdelta.com/products/st2-0417.htm). So the tricky part (wiring up the DIN connector) is done for you. A volt-ohm meter will answer which wire is which pin. On the ERC interface, the end user wires up a DB9 connector. (Who can still manage to get the pin numbering backwards. Learned the hard way! With the ST-2, a screwdriver is easier to fix such boo-boos vs desoldering a DB9.)
Hope this helps.
73 Steve KS1G
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:04 PM Ant Lefebvre anthony.lefebvre@gmail.com wrote:
Les,
Looks like this guy is what you are looking for. It is a bit costly.
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/etx-ars-azeldin8?seid=dxese1&gclid=C...
Else if you wanted to mail me the DIN-8 socket connector that came with the rotator or the Fox Delta, I can solder it to a spare Cat5e cable I have lying around the house and mail it back. If time is of the essence, you'll want to go with DXengineering. ;) Just call them to make sure that is indeed the cable.
73 -Ant NU1U
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:12 PM Les Rayburn les@highnoonfilm.com wrote:
Does anyone make a pre-made interface cable to go between the Yaesu G-5400B and the Fox Delta ST2 Satellite Tracking Interface?
My failing eyesight have turned the joy of soldering and kit-making into a major league pain. :-(
I’d also be happy to pay someone that might be willing to make up the cable. Thanks in advance.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
Thanks to everyone who offered their kind assistance.
My son is an avid user of modular synthesizers and related gear. He had an eight pin DIN cable to spare, and I was able to cut it in half yesterday, ohm out the pins with my VOM, and tin the bare wires to connect to the Fox Delta STS2.
Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf
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On Jun 1, 2021, at 7:02 PM, Ant Lefebvre anthony.lefebvre@gmail.com wrote:
Les,
Looks like this guy is what you are looking for. It is a bit costly.
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/etx-ars-azeldin8?seid=dxese1&gclid=C... https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/etx-ars-azeldin8?seid=dxese1&gclid=CjwKCAjwtdeFBhBAEiwAKOIy57IBkT-IkowUPLxz80flw0PwLi7N3MMSYBxntIuQBw0mV70gklR2SRoCf9wQAvD_BwE
Else if you wanted to mail me the DIN-8 socket connector that came with the rotator or the Fox Delta, I can solder it to a spare Cat5e cable I have lying around the house and mail it back. If time is of the essence, you'll want to go with DXengineering. ;) Just call them to make sure that is indeed the cable.
73 -Ant NU1U
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:12 PM Les Rayburn <les@highnoonfilm.com mailto:les@highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
Does anyone make a pre-made interface cable to go between the Yaesu G-5400B and the Fox Delta ST2 Satellite Tracking Interface?
My failing eyesight have turned the joy of soldering and kit-making into a major league pain. :-(
I’d also be happy to pay someone that might be willing to make up the cable. Thanks in advance.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63nf AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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