AOR8200 Cable / Scanning Somerset / Wilts / Dorset area

[Robert]

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a after market programming
cable for the AOR8200 as the one sold by AOR is very costly at around if
I recall £80 mark - which seems a lot for a programming cable ?

Anyone can help ?

I am new to scanning and live in Somerset nr to the Wiltshire / Dorset
border, generally it seems quiet for the most part apart from Aircraft
traffic, if anyone is aware of any frequencies I would really appreciate
help.

Thanks

Rgds
Robert

[Jim]

Post by Robert
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a after market programming
cable for the AOR8200 as the one sold by AOR is very costly at around if
I recall £80 mark - which seems a lot for a programming cable ?

It's easy enough to make a cable and interface, but the problem
comes when trying to obtain the plug for the computer end. It
isn't a standard type and doesn't seem to be available as a spare
part.

Post by Robert
I am new to scanning and live in Somerset nr to the Wiltshire / Dorset
border, generally it seems quiet for the most part apart from Aircraft
traffic, if anyone is aware of any frequencies I would really appreciate
help.

Well someone has to live near Wiltshire! Proma posted a list for
Somerset/Avon at my request not so very long ago.

[m***@home.net]

AOR do see a cable with the plug at one end and bare connection at the
other. It's not cheap but would still allow you to make up your own
interface for around £20.
The same plug is used by some of the HP Journada palmtops and this as a
spare part used to be cheaper than the AOR one (cable colours aren't the
same in the HP cable).
For freqs try the online database at:
http://www.mckernan.it/proma/default.asp

[tg]

Post by m***@home.net
AOR do see a cable with the plug at one end and bare connection at the
other. It's not cheap but would still allow you to make up your own
interface for around £20.

yes but this cable (the OS8200?) connected straight to a serial port will not work. In the CC8200 there's a small circuit board
tucked inside the plug and without it you will not get PC control.

[Jim]

Post by tg

Post by m***@home.net
AOR do see a cable with the plug at one end and bare connection at the
other. It's not cheap but would still allow you to make up your own
interface for around £20.

yes but this cable (the OS8200?) connected straight to a serial port
will not work. In the CC8200 there's a small circuit board
tucked inside the plug and without it you will not get PC control.

Quite so. You need a MAX-232 chip to interface it to your
computer's serial port.

The circuitry required is readily available, as is the chip.

[tg]

Post by Robert
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a after market programming
cable for the AOR8200 as the one sold by AOR is very costly at around if
I recall £80 mark - which seems a lot for a programming cable ?

yes it is a lot but in the end you'll have to just fork out the green ones like I did. No way round it. Maybe you'll pick up a
slightly cheaper one on ebay if you're lucky, but then there's the postage on top and if it's cheap because it's cheap-and-nasty it
could end up damaging your scanner. Gotta be careful.

[Jonathan Clough, Javiation, Bradford, UK]

Post by Robert
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a after market programming
cable for the AOR8200 as the one sold by AOR is very costly at around if
I recall £80 mark - which seems a lot for a programming cable ?
Anyone can help ?

I'm not aware of anybody else in the UK producing an alternative to the
AOR 8200PC at the moment.

We have in the past produced "RS-8200" AR8200 interface and "JAV-232"
interface but at the moment neither are available I'm afraid.

http://www.javiation.co.uk/rs-8200.html
http://www.javiation.co.uk/javint.html

There is an AOR interface and CD listed on eBay at the moment:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5865838151