====== Yaesu FT-1500m ======

A stout, compact, monoband 2m FM transceiver.

===== TNC cable =====

| **Pin** | **Use**  | **NinoTNC / Kantronics pin** |
| 1       | TX audio | 1               | 
| 2       | Ground   | 6               |
| 3       | PTT      | 3               |
| 5       | RX audio | 5               |

A suitable cable can be made from a PS/2 extension lead, scrap PS/2 mouse or keyboard. Sometimes with the mouse/keyboard option, not all of the required pins are populated, so may not be suitable. Identify the pins with a multimeter (a croc clip lead is useful here.) Solder a DB9 plug on to the other end as above.

===== Failure mode =====

A failure mode which has been observed a few times is a very short wideband (hundreds of kHz-wide) pulse of noise at the start of transmission. Be mindful of this since it is quite disruptive. No solution is known.

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