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FTTALK v1.9

FTTalk is a program to control Yaesu transceivers it has been tested on a Yaesu FT991A but should also work on radio like the FT710, FTDX10, FTDX101D/MP and the FT891 and may work onother models but it will not work on the FT817 or 818 as they use a completely different command set. At the bottom of this page are links to 3 packages the standard FTTALK for the transceivers mentioned above and also a linke to FT5TALK which will work with the FTDX5000 and FT4TALK which will work with the FT450. I  have written this program to run under windows and it is designed to  be fully accessible for the blind.  It isn't a program written for the  sighted and made accessible for the  blind. It has some information in a window on the screen but the whole  operation is designed to be  controlled by single key presses for easy accessibility and everything is spoken.

The program needs no libraries such as hamlib etc. but is a stand alone program you put the FTTalk folder anywhere you want on your computer and just start the exe file. When you start the program it  will announce the program name and version and you will know it is successfully communicating with your Yaesu Radio because it will then say connected, if it doesn't then something is incorrectly set in the radio  or the configuration file.
In the configuration file you set a number of different things like the com port your radio is using and the speed, probably the default 38400 Baud, how the ATU works, manual or automatic.

As an example of how the program works if you press the F key then you are in frequency mode and the program will voice the mode and  exact frequency. If you tune the radio with the cursor keys or the  tuning knob on the radio and stop on a station then hitting F will  again announce the mode and frequency. If you hit the B key the program is in band change mode and you can go up or down the bands using the cursor keys or jump to a band of choice with the number keys. All of  these single key controls are explained in the PDF file which is part  of the download and you can also download an MP3 file and hear an explanation of how the program works and a demo.
 
There are four downloads,  the first is that MP3 file as a demo of how the program works, the second is a zip file with the package for most Yaesu Transceiver which contains the folder with the complete package of program, config file and User manaul and the third is the package for the FT450. The 4th link is for the FT Talk package for the FTDX5000.

FTTALK DEMO

FTTALK COMPLETE PACKAGE

FT4TALK COMPLETE PACKAGE

FT5TALK COMPLETE PACKAGE