KENWOOD TS-50 HOMEBREW INTERFACE

[ac5jv]

HELLO I AM AC5JV ,GEORGE IRIVN , I HAVE A KENWWOD TS-50 I USE FOR HOME BASE . I HAVE HOMBREWED ME AN INTERFACE BETWEEN IT AND ME DELL DEMENSION 3000 COMPUTER . I LOOKED ONLINE FOR HOURS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE DIGI STUFF /USING MIXW AND SSTV V 1.08 WITH IT , BUT TO NO USE SO I CAME UP WITH THIS . AND AM WILLING TO SHARE IT WITH YOU . IT WORKS FOR ME ON MY EQUIPMENT BUT LIKE I SAY I AM JUST AN AMATUER SO TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK EMAIL GOOD ON QRZ JUST EMAIL ME AND I'LL ATTACH DIAGRAM BACK TO YOU #FREE !! FIGURE LOT OF TS-50 USERES OUT THERE . 73 AC5JV

[w9gb]

Geroge -

Ernie Mills, WM2U has compiled an entire web site for sound card interfacing for a large variety of radios. This project was completed several years ago, and involved submissions and contributions from a variety of radio amateurs. You are welcome to submit and additional TS-50 details -- that you do not see covered on the web page.

WM2U Sound Card Interfacing
http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html

TS-50 plug interfacing
http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/inter_kw.html

Jim Mitrenga, N9ART also designed a 'universal interface board' that was featured in November 2000 QST. Copy of that article (Adobe Acrobat) can be found here:
http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/images/interface_n9art.pdf
Boards from FAR Cirucits, all parts (except the relay) from Radio Shack. A substitute relay is readily available from NTE.

w9gb