F-8101 Pactor 4

[DisasterGuy]

I’ve got an F8101 going in a communications trailer for SHARES WinLink. I’ve got the SCS Pactor 4 modem as well as AH-746 tuner/antenna. It appears that both the Pactor modem and antenna tuner need the same accessory cable. Has anyone been able to break them out?

 

[merlin]

Well, the tuner plugs right into the radio, they are made for each other.
The modem will plug into one of the acessory sockets, very different.
The radio does everything the modem does, why the expensive modem.

 

[DisasterGuy]

Well, the tuner plugs right into the radio, they are made for each other.
The modem will plug into one of the acessory sockets, very different.
The radio does everything the modem does, why the expensive modem.

I'm an idiot, was working on the radio in a confined rack and didn't see the second "tuner" pigtail compared to the accessory pigtail. The modem cable is a Y cable that hits the accessory pigtail.

I'm not aware of the F8101 supporting Pactor 4. Pactor 4 is the standard for Winlink on SHARES.

 

[merlin]

I'm not aware of the F8101 supporting Pactor 4. Pactor 4 is the standard for Winlink on SHARES.

If the radio doesn't support it, it may be for old firmware. Pactor 4 is a protocol and used a lot in Marine.
Winlink does not corner the market for it.