ICOM 6021 win 10/11 software or cable?

[WRDC898]

Man, what a Beast. Many, many moons ago when I first got licensed into GMRS (my old call was wqnh201) there were zero part 95 compliant 50W or near radios available so the 6021 was the go to. Mil Spec rated, no fan, just a solid block of aluminum. The mic has to weigh close to a pound.... But programming was/is a bit complex. I still have the software and cable, but the cable is a 9 pin serial port on the computer side.... Luckily, I still have an old windows 2k laptop with a dead battery but a good power supply, and after 30 minutes of trying, I remembered the password.

Anyway, without being too specific, I realized the 15w midland I bought just for a cheap trail riding solution was no longer "compatible" and a call to midland was met with " well, we'll give ya a discount to buy a new 115", led me to think why did I buy that pos when I had this in a box from back when! 

I CAN program this radio for what "we" need using that old laptop and cable, but I was wondering if anyone had a USB solution? 

[gortex2]

Software will run on W10 and you can get the USB version of the cable (OPC-1122U). I use the ICOM version of the cable. We have many of the 5021 VHF radios in SAR. 

[WRDC898]

6 hours ago, gortex2 said:

Software will run on W10 and you can get the USB version of the cable (OPC-1122U). I use the ICOM version of the cable. We have many of the 5021 VHF radios in SAR. 

Outstanding! Thank you so much for the reply, I tried googling up a solution but got nowhere. 

[KAF6045]

USB to 9-pin serial adapters are (or were) fairly common (my former employment made use of lots of them as all the calibrated test equipment was RS-232 from the the 80s-90s)

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=usb+serial+adapter

I've probably got three or four laying around -- since my old Parallax BASIC Stamp boards have DB-9 connectors for programming. There's one now! right next to a SIIG USB<>Ethernet adapter

 

[WRDC898]

9 minutes ago, KAF6045 said:

USB to 9-pin serial adapters are (or were) fairly common (my former employment made use of lots of them as all the calibrated test equipment was RS-232 from the the 80s-90s)

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=usb+serial+adapter

I've probably got three or four laying around -- since my old Parallax BASIC Stamp boards have DB-9 connectors for programming. There's one now! right next to a SIIG USB<>Ethernet adapter

 

Thank you! That's an option I hadn't thought of....  For the same price or less I found a solution on Amazon, I'll post up whether I have any driver compatibility issues when it arrives. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0852HVYQ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  It'll be nice to have an all in one deal, less stuff to lose. 

[WQIR250]

That product works great for me on Windows 10 Pro.

[WQIR250]

On 4/29/2023 at 12:05 PM, WRDC898 said:

Thank you! That's an option I hadn't thought of....  For the same price or less I found a solution on Amazon, I'll post up whether I have any driver compatibility issues when it arrives. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0852HVYQ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  It'll be nice to have an all in one deal, less stuff to lose. 

That product works great for me on my Windows 10 Pro environment.