![]() I wish you the very best of success with this and please do keep us informed with your progress. If I still had my old CT-17, I would send it to you at no charge just so that you could try it, but it's no longer in my possession. The computer to which the radio is connected has an actual RS-232 jack, so the only thing special about the hook-up was the need to use a 25-pin to 9-pin RS-232 adapter. My current IC-R8500 works well with HRD but the IC-R8500 has an actual RS-232 port so I don't use the radio's Remote (CI-V) jack, which it also has. This is why the CT-17 is referred to as a "Level Converter" by Icom, although it also allows the attachment of up to four radios at once. Note that an RS-232 interface is usually +/- 12 volts DC (direct current), although it can be as high as +/- 25 volts, whereas the Icom CI-V interface runs at TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) levels of 0 volts DC to +5 volts DC. The 20-546 is just $23.99 compared to the Icom CT-17 (currently $144.95 at Universal Radio, for example). ![]() Abr5 (Jerry), if Tim (mitbr) says that he has an IC-R7000 working with Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) and a Radio Shack 20-546 USB-PC Scanner Programming Cable, then I would say to give that a try.
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