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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Andy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I used an USB cable for my 888 node. I soldered the wires directly to the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>888 circuit board and put the resistors and capacitor in the DB-25 Hood. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I kept the cable fairly short and it works very well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>WD9EQD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Doug Crompton<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 8, 2015 12:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> BeagleBone Black ARM Allstar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 Allstar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Andy,<br><br>In the photos I used Belden 5 wire shielded cable because I had some on hand but it needs only 4 wires and a ground (COS, PTT, RX-AUD, TX-AUD, GND) so an old USB cable could be used. They are generally 4 wires shielded. The shield being the ground. You might have some other similar cables laying around you could repurpose. It should definitely be shielded and if you are using the shield for the ground make sure it is connected at both ends.<br id=FontBreak></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>73 Doug<br>WA3DSP<br><a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</a></span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:54:14 -0500<br>From: <a href="mailto:kk4zkp@gmail.com">kk4zkp@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Baofeng 888 Allstar<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi Doug,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>What are you using for the cable that you are soldering to the 888? I have a male DB25 connector, but I'm unsure as to what kind of cable to buy to solder between the DB25 and the 888. It only needs 6 wires right?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks & 73,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>KK4ZKP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Doug Crompton <<a href="mailto:doug@crompton.com" target="_blank">doug@crompton.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>I added a link on the <a href="http://hamvoip.org" target="_blank">hamvoip.org</a> page on my mod of a Baofeng 888. Here is the direct link -<br><br><a href="http://crompton.com/hamradio/baofeng888/" target="_blank">http://crompton.com/hamradio/baofeng888/</a><br><br>This is a take-off of W0FCM's page also linked on <a href="http://hamvoip.org" target="_blank">hamvoip.org</a> but just done slightly differently.<br><br>It is working well.<br></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>73 Doug<br>WA3DSP<br><a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio" target="_blank">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>arm-allstar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar" target="_blank">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar</a><br><br>Visit the BBB web page - <a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/" target="_blank">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br>_______________________________________________ arm-allstar mailing list <a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a> <a href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar</a> Visit the BBB web page - <a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>