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Kenwood TK-690/790/890h control head cable

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WX5812

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i am seeing lots of the above radios around but a lot of them do not have the cable from the head to the body. They are just about as much as the radio is worth. Has anyone been able to find the ends from digikey or something like that and just made their own cable?
 

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I have one from a TK-730/830 collecting dust. Not sure if they are the same or not though.
The connector is the "dust cover" is not. I was able to re-provision an old 30 Series cable on my 90 Series radios by simply cutting off the cover.
 
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