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| Reviews Summary for ttl2usb.com -- TTL to USB cables |
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Reviews: 41
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Average rating: 4.7/5
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MSRP: $40
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Description: Trying to connect your radio to your new computer that lacks a DB9 serial port? Having problems with those off the shelf serial to USB converters? Need a TTL to USB cable? ttl2usb.com has designed and built what you have been searching for. Not only that we have done it for about the same price as you gathering all the parts, but without the aggravation.
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More info: http://ttl2usb.com/
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KG4CHP
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 24, 2009 05:41
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superb!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Like many folks these days, I use a laptop computer as my primary computer at home. Like many laptop computers, they do not have a true TTL serial port. TTL2USB offers the ability to have a true TTL connection for programming of radios. I've used this to program both the Yaesu FT-7800R and the VX-7R with ease. Plug and play, basically. And, since I have a laptop, it's nice to have the ability to program in the car rather than taking the FT-7800R out of its trunk-mounted position. Thanks for a great product at the right price!
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KI6WDZ
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 13, 2009 19:12
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Great product and super customer service
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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This was a great purchase for use in programming my Yaesu VX-7R and FT-8800R. The few questions I had were answered immediately by the staff and the product has worked flawlessly. Well worth the small investment!
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WB6ODR
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 9, 2009 06:24
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I like mine
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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When I found the plug body was a bit large for the socket in one of my FT-8800's I shaved the plastic body with a razor and now it works great!! I have used it on 3 8800's, VX-150 and the VX-5 with out any trouble. It's been in service for more than 5 years now.
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K3DX
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 11, 2008 19:11
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Works Well
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I use the 2006 version of the interface, the CT-1 model, with both a FT-857 and a FT-60R. It does indeed work well. But it didn't at first. It took a few hours of troubleshooting, but I discovered that the supplied radio-to-interface cable for the FT-857 was wired incorrectly. I rewired the mini DIN, and all was well, after I shaved some plastic off the mini DIN. I corresponded with Rob about this. It was his idea to refund my purchase price of the cable. Very nice! Yes, in the CT-1, the shield of the radio cable is NOT ground. (I don't know about the CT-2.) Recently, Rob informed me that the new FT-60R cable for the CT-2 will NOT work with the CT-1, but he could make one that would. I decided to make my own. Also, the CT-1 had a Yaesu/ICOM switch built in, but it was undocumented. That switch makes the CT-1 work with the FT-857 as well as the FT-60R. With the exception of these quirks, the CT-1 performance has been flawless for over two years.
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KC2TSW
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 22, 2008 21:29
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Awesome
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Works like a charm :-)
I have used it with my Yaesu VX-7R and just started to use it with my Yaesu FT-7800R and soon I'll use it with my Yaesu FT-897D.
The only thing I needed was to get adapters to fit each radio. I can use the USB cable and ttl2usb unit with almost any of the newer radios out today. For my VX-7R I got another cable first and had so many troubles and that started to get me somewhat discouraged because it was not fun at all to try to get my computer to write to the VX-7R. Most of the time it would read the unit but almost never write and after a while it just stopped working. It turned out it was the cable and from reading I found that allot of other people had the same problem and that is when I started to look for something that was more dependable. That is when I ran across the ttl2usb setup and purchased one because of all the good reviews. Trust me, it is everything everyone has stated and then some because it works!
One think I did do is mod mine with a micro slide switch. Everyone talked about how it would be more easy to add one of them rather than opening it up and add or remove the jumper and put it all back together again. It was easy to do. Now I never have to open it again.
I use a Mac computer running Parallels Desktop For Mac with windows running and the ttl2usb cable works awesome.
*NOTE - Read the directions and setup the com port and you should have no problems. If you do, have a look at the chat groups on Yahoo. They have a wealth of info for almost anything that you may need.
Quality product that I would recommend and use till the day I die.
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M1FEV
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 22, 2008 09:27
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First Class piece of kit
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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As an owner of a VX2, FT817 & FT897, I wanted to find an easy way to manage all my frequencies and settings ideally using a common interface. After deciding on the FTbasic software for the 2 x FT's and the VX Commander for the handie, all the recommendations seemed to point toward ttlusb as the favoured product.
Granted, if you want to use it between FT-rigs and handies, then swapping the jumper is a little laborious but nothing a toggle switch cannot resolve. Perhaps if enough people make this observation of inter-operability between Yaesu sets then Rob might design an upgrade ?
Despite having to pay a little extra to get it shipped across the pond, I only had a brief wait until delivery in the UK. This so compact, versatile and easy to use I would recommend it to anyone.
M1FEV
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KE7EJF
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 22, 2008 10:13
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Excellent
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought the CT-2 adapter and cables for my Yaesu FT-7800/FT-8800 and my FT-60 well over a year ago and they worked flawlessly.
A couple of weeks ago, I suddenly couldn't program any of my radios due to a communications failure. I contacted ttl2usb via e-mail about my problem. Rob responded back the same day with a few things try to trouble shoot the problem. The unit passed all of the tests but still wouldn't program my radios. So Rob told me to pack it all up and send it to them. Today, I received a whole new unit, cables and all.
They have a great product and great customer service!!
If they provide cables for your radios, buy from them.
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WV4R
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Rating: 5/5
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May 28, 2008 08:56
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TTL2USB Truly "Plug-N-Play"
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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TTL2USB
Truly “Plug-N-Play”
After much research & thought I decided to switch to USB interface for my hammy radio computer/radio interface… Bye Bye “DB-Serial”. After looking all around at the plethora of alternatives, I sent Email to G4HFQ. Bob responded quickly to my many Emails. Since I knew hams Personally who use his software, I decided to buy his “FTB” system for ALL my Yaesu’s… so quite logically I asked Bob which interface he personally recommended… “TTL2USB” was his reply… so… TTLUSB2 was my choice.
It took over a week to arrive with all the interface cables. It was a pure joy to just “plug-n-play” out of the box with the G4HFQ software & my DELL laptop with Windows XP.
I have never looked back on my decision to go G4HFQ & TTL2USB.
The little black box is pretty goof-proof. It has a green LED handshaking light and different jacks so you can plug/unplug everything & not monkey it up… UNLIKE other interfaces with fixed length pigtails permanently attached.
The price was fair and the cables were quite reasonable too… not the rip-off some companies charge.
So… for modular design, reasonable pricing, out of the box plug-n-play the TTL2USB earns the WV4R “Five-Star” rating.
73 es God bless, murf/WV4R.
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KC2RGW
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 11, 2008 10:42
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Works as it should, recommended
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I give it a 4 simply because I keep forgetting that I have to add my own toggle switch to it to make it 'complete' as right now I have to keep opening the case to jump/unjump the pins when I switch to the 857D.
I run mine for
FT-7800
VX7R
FT-857D
Works great on all outside of the minor annoyance of setting and unsetting that jumper. Make a toggle switch stuck to the housing and it would be 100%. Easy fix though, just have to remember to do it.
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N1FFF
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 9, 2008 18:49
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Great product - Great service!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have been using TTL2USB adapters for several years - I wrote the first review in this thread after I bout my first adapter from Rob 3 1/2 years ago for my VX7 HT. The TTL2USB adapter w/ VX7 Commander sure beats programming 400 repeater frq's into memory manually!
Well, I just added a Yaesu FT7800 to my VHF equipment, and picked up Rob's new CT-2 adapter to program it. The new version is a modular design offering different cables for different rigs. Plugged it in and it just worked. Great product. But I thought the connector from the modular cable was a little loose. I contacted Rob, expressed my concern, and he shipped me a replacement. Great service.
Great product. Great service.
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