A couple of weeks ago I built a circuit board for converting the standard PC comm-port signals (called RS-232) into the signals needed to interface with my Yaesu FT-7800 receiver. I didn't design the circuit. For that I have to pass credit to Brian, zl3bco. However I did the board layout and soldering myself and I was very proud when we plugged it into his PC for the first time and it worked!
We used a software package written by g4hfq in the UK specifically to program the FT-7800 radio. Brian owns this software for his Windows PC. Since it requires Windows to operate, it may be some time until my board is used again ;-)
Here's a picture of the finished product. No Brian, it doesn't have a box yet!
