[aprssig] RC-710 and TM-V7A Experience?

Thu Dec 30 19:07:40 UTC 2010

On 12/30/2010 11:02 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> All,
>
> I am still using an old TM-V7A, the basis of all these rigs, and it is
> working as well as it did when I got in in 1998.  Kenwood lists the RC-710
> as being compatible with it.  Anybody who has used this combination, and if
> so, was it worth doing to add APRS rather than going for a complete new rig?
>

Being "compatible means the RC-710 will plug into the 6-pin mini-DIN "data" 
jack on the radio to send/receive APRS data.  However the RC-710 will not 
control the radio functions like power, squelch channel, volume, etc.

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