Yaesu FT-450 and TS-450D – Recommended Interconnection Diagram

3-Conductor 1/8”
Phone Plug
Female DB-9 Plug Optional Mix 77 CW OUT Sleeve Ring Tip
(Pin #’s Shown) or Mix 43 Ferrite
To Front Panel
Bead (6 Places)
KEY Jack
DTR
CW GND GND NC KEY
4 CW IN
NC = No Connection
See Note 4
CW Out
Shield 3-Conductor 1/8”
TXD
Phone Plug
3 FSK IN Sleeve Ring Tip
To PC Soundcard
To Ham Shack Line Input (See
PC COM Port Note 7)
RTS GND Audio Audio
7 PTT IN

To FSK/PTT GND
3-Conductor 1/8”
Phone Plug
Sleeve Ring Tip
To PC Soundcard
GND Line Output (See
5 IN GND Note 8)
See Note 5 GND Audio Audio

To FSK/PTT GND
DB9
Connector
In
Shell Shield
Male 6-Pin Mini-DIN Plug
See Note 4
(Pin #’s Shown)

Audio Input
to Xcvr
1
Audio Output
from Xcvr
5

To Rear Panel
FSK OUT 4 DATA Jack

PTT OUT 3

FSK/PTT
GND 2
See Note 5

FSK/PTT DIN
FSK/CW Interface Shield
Connector
Shell
Board in Optional
Metal Enclosure See Note 6
See Note 4

Notes:
1. The connections shown above are based on available documentation and information from other hams, but have not been verified. Please use your own judgment
before making any connections.
2. For CW, you must use a 3-conductor 1/8" phone plug, even though the ring is not connected.
3. For normal RTTY operation, make sure RTTY menu items RTYRPOL (RTTY RX Polarity) and RTYTPOL (RTTY TX Polarity) are set to NOR (Normal) and menu
item RTY SFT (RTTY SHIFT) is set to 170. Menu item RTY TON (RTTY TONE) can be set to either 1275 or 2125. The 1275 setting provides a more pleasant listening
experience. IMPORTANT: Make sure that both your transceiver and MMTTY or other RTTY software are set to the same mark frequency.
4. This connection made by mounting the board with metal standoffs or connecting the interface board mounting hole to the metal interface enclosure. You may also
ground shields directly to the metal enclosure, if desired.
5. This connection optional. You may float the shield at the interface by leaving it disconnected and insulated from the metal interface board enclosure.
6. If the cable used with the DIN connector is shielded, you may optionally connect the shield to the DIN connector metal shell. This will ground the shield to the
transceiver chassis.
7. For receiving with external RTTY software, e.g., MMTTY, MixW, etc., receive audio must be provided to the line-level input of the PC soundcard. Fixed level receive
audio, independent of the AF gain control setting, is available from Pin 5 (Data Out) and Pin 2 (Ground) of the DATA jack. Connect the wires coming from the tip and
ring of the PC Line Input plug to the RX Audio line from the xcvr and the associated cable shield to the FSK/PTT GND point, as shown above. This receive audio will
support not only RTTY operation, but PSK and other SSB digital modes.
8. Transmit audio for PSK and other SSB digital modes can be provided by connecting the line output of your PC soundcard to Pin 1 (Data In) and Pin 2 (Ground) of
the DATA jack. Connect the wires coming from the tip and ring of the PC Line Output plug to the TX Audio line to the xcvr and the associated cable shield to the FSK/
PTT GND point, as shown above. This connection is optional and is not required for FSK or CW transmission.

Rev A - 2 Mar 2013