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- TM621 721 731 9600 baud mod file
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- The mods to do 9600 baud packet using a K9NG or G3RUH modem are fairly
- simple to do with the Kenwood TM-721/621 radios. Look at your schematic.
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- Receive data is taken from the dicriminator output. Look for the 3.3K
- resistor comming off pin 9 of the last IF stage. Connect a 1K series
- resistor from the modem RX input to the junction of the .001 and 3.3K.
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- PTT is taken off pin 2 on the microphone connector. TX data is fed through
- a 1K series resistor to the top of VR3 (the deviation conltrol).
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- This method has been tested and works quite well on 440 MHz and 220 MHz.
- The mods haven't fully been tested on the 2 meter portion of the radio.
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- The TM-731 radio is different enough to cause problems. What needs to be
- done is to add another RX Mute transistor. (Look at the schematic and see
- how the TX deviation is shorted to ground during receive.) Use a plain NPN
- and a pair of 10K resistors (copy the one used on VR3 in the schematic).
- Take the TX data and feed it to the collector through a series 1K resistor,
- and then feed that through another 1K resistor to the wiper of the
- deviation pot. This was a result of Kenwood changing the deviation pot
- value from 10K to 100K. (It wasn't broken, but they fixed it anyway.)
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- As with any modifications, take reasonable care, and I won't be responsible
- if you trash your radio. BE CAREFUL; it is full of surface mount devices.
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- This MOD file was written by Jeff, WA6FWI @ WB6YMH.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA
- Schematics and layouts are available by request through the author.
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- Good Luck!
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