$45 for a cable? Well, that dog won’t hunt! So, back to the web and my best friend, Google. The local Ham Radio Outlet had the software in stock (Dear ICOM: why can’t I buy this software and download it on-line?) so that was easy. I pretty quickly figured out that I needed a new OPC-478U cable and some software. ![]() Of course this meant that I needed to look into how to do this without punching a lot of buttons on the rig. I recently obtained an ICOM V8000 rig from a fellow ham and decided to change the channel programming that he had been using to match that of my other rigs. This article explains how to home brew your own USB cable for programming ICOM and Alinco radios and is written by Direct Dirt guest writer Mitch Matteau N0DIM. Several types of ICOM and Alinco radios are programmed from PCs with a USB serial interface cable kit manufactured by ICOM and sold under the part number OPC-478U. ![]() Memory channels on most modern radios can be programmed with PC to radio interface cables.
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