HISTORY:
In a previous life I was heavily involved in professional communications (Maritime) and on a personal level, Amateur radio (ex VK2DWF and now relinquished for some years) so of course I collected radio equipment and to a certain extent still do "just for fun" but these days I am "over it all" and have been working through a box of radio equipment sitting in the storage units.
This is my own personal programming cable for use with many KENWOOD transceivers - this cable came in so handy a long time ago.
The key here is "a long time ago" as you can see the IT connector is a DB9, yep good old fashioned RS-232 NOT a USB interface.
I am NOT supplying the programming software, it is not hard to find anyway ... you could try and take a look at
OR search around online, this is not difficult software to find
Just a note about the software used by me previously and how I programmed the various KENWOOD's I came across ....
ALWAYS use an OLD PC or laptop (the latter being most convenient) We are talking 486/Pentium gear, very old but perfect for this purpose. If your software is DOS based, use real fair dinkum DOS and NO DOS BOXES etc, I ran "real" DOS with my software (3.1 I think it was!) and never had an issue. Same would apply to Windoz software, something 'flash' like Win 3.1 would be nice hehehehe
Of course to use this cable you need a real RS-232 DB9 port on your IT equipment.
With the above gear, programming was a snap
If you are tempted by running Windoz or DOS boxes with pseudo RS-232 ports, you may run into trouble trying to communicate between the transceiver and your IT equipment. The old gear is dirt cheap or often found free as giveaways, you don't need fancy bells and whistles gear to program your transceiver and there is no real advantage.
Here is a list of just some KENWOOD transceivers this cable should work with.
TH-22 TH-22A TH-22AT TH-22E TH-235A TH-235E TH-28A TH-28E TH-42A TH-42AT TH-42E TH-48A TH-48E TH-77 TH-77A TH-77E TH-78 TH-78A TH-78E TH-79 TH-F6 TH-F6A TH-F7 TH-F7E TH-G71 TH-G71A TH-G71E TH-K2 TH-K20 TH-K20E TH-K2AT TH-K2ET TH-K40E TH-K4AT TK-2000 TK-2000E TK-2000K TK-2000M TK-2000T TK-2100 TK-2101 TK-2102 TK-2102(A) TK-2102G TK-2106Z TK-2107 TK-2107G TK-2118 TK-2160 TK-2160E TK-2160K TK-2160M TK-2168 TK-2170 TK-2170E TK-2170K TK-2170M TK-2173 TK-2178 TK-220 TK-2200 TK-2200 LMR TK-2200 Protalk TK-2200L TK-2200L LMR TK-2200L Protalk TK-2201 TK-2202 TK-2202L TK-2206 TK-2207 TK-2207G TK-2212 TK-2212K TK-2212LK TK-2212M TK-2212M2 TK-2217 TK-2217C TK-2217M TK-2217M3 TK-2300 TK-2300 LMR TK-2300 Protalk TK-2302 TK-2302K TK-2302P TK-2302V TK-2306 TK-2307 TK-2310 TK-2312 TK-2312 TK-2312K TK-2312M TK-2312P TK-2317M2 TK-2360 TK-2360E TK-2360M TK-240 TK-2400 TK-2402 TK-2402P TK-2402VP TK-2407VP TK-240D TK-248 TK-249T TK-25 TK-250 TK-253 TK-255 TK-260 TK-260D TK-260G TK-270 TK-270G TK-272 TK-272 TK-272G TK-273 TK-278 TK-278G TK-300 TK-3000 TK-3000C TK-3000E TK-3000K TK-3000M TK-3000T TK-308 TK-3100 TK-3101 TK-3101 TK-3101 TK-3102 TK-3102(A) TK-3102G TK-3106Z TK-3107 TK-3107G TK-3118 TK-3130 TK-3130 TK-3131 TK-3131A TK-3131K TK-3160 TK-3160E TK-3160M TK-3160X TK-3168A TK-3170 TK-3170 TK-3170E TK-3170M TK-3173 TK-3178 TK-3200 TK-3200 LMR TK-3200 Protalk TK-3200L TK-3200L LMR TK-3200L Protalk TK-3201 TK-3201E TK-3201T TK-3202 TK-3202L TK-3206 TK-3207 TK-3207G TK-320DM TK-3212 TK-3212 TK-3212E TK-3212K TK-3212LK TK-3212LK2 TK-3212LM TK-3212LM2 TK-3212M TK-3212M TK-3212M2 TK-3217 TK-3217C TK-3217K2 TK-3217M TK-3217M TK-3217M3 TK-3217M4 TK-3217M7 TK-3217P TK-322 TK-3300 TK-3300 LMR TK-3300 Protalk TK-3301 TK-3301T TK-3302 TK-3302P TK-3302U TK-3302UK TK-3306 TK-3307 TK-3310 TK-3312 TK-3317 TK-3322 TK-3360 TK-3360 TK-3360E TK-3360M TK-3360X TK-340 TK-34000UP TK-34002UP TK-3402K TK-3402P TK-3402U TK-340D TK-348 TK-349 TK-349T TK-350 TK-353 LTR TK-355 TK-360 TK-360G TK-361 TK-361SA TK-370 TK-370G TK-372 TK-373G TK-378 TK-378G TK-388 TK-388G TK-430 TK-431 TK-5210 TK-5220 TK-5310 TK-5320 TK-5400 TK-5410
Quite a few huh?
This is NOT a bodgy fake Kenwood programming cable that abound on places like fleabay but the "real deal" with the KENWOOD name logo stamped into the moulded connector AND take a look at the 3.5mm plug on the proprietary connector, the tip is missing! That is not damage but the way the original connector looked (only the sleeve is used for the connection to the IT equipment)
KENWOOD - Transceiver Programming Cable
DB9 Female breaks out to 1x RJ12 & 1x proprietary male connector (moulded with a 2.5mm and a 'partial' 3.5mm plug) *** The partial 3.5mm means there is no head to the plug, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL ON GENUINE PRODUCT. If you see a proprietary connector using a 'standard' 3.5mm jack plug, it is NOT genuine. The only electrical connection used on that 3.5mm plug is the sleeve.
NO RIB required (Radio Interface Box)
All connectors are moulded except the RJ12 which is IDC
Breakout leads are 55cm & 68cm in length - plenty of length for most workshop situations
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO plug damage
NO breakout cables sheath damage
Always been hanging on my personal cable wall rack, waiting for a transceiver to program! I think the last time I used this cable was 15+ years ago on some old TK something or rather transceivers!
Now safely packed into a sealed clear plastic packet and it will be supplied the same way
