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Ok it works! I am surprised how easy it was. I was expecting having to rewire the car.
The previous installation was for a Kenwood 742 ( I had said icom earlier) It is the one with three band modules and you could select 10m - 1296 modules. It was a good rig but it started giving me trouble...
Extending radio control cables
OK thanks, I will give it a try. My only concern is I don't know the quality of the old TM642 mic cable that I want to try and use as it is already installed. I doubt it is twisted pair cat 5 as it was from about 15 years ago. It tests out DC wise and it should...
Has anyone experimented with making their own extension cable from radio to head for the FTM350 or similar radios? It uses a UTP 8 pin type connector and all 8 wires. The stock cable is simply wired with all 8 wires from connector to connector and no crossover. I tested it with a network cable...
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