The YAESU GENOMA project - an open invitation for people with Yaesu radios, ADMS-type cable, some curiosity and lots of free time.

Using YARD.EXE and YAWR.EXE (can be found at http://www.geol.com/vx5 or http://www.icongrp.com/~sllewd), it is easy to read the raw cloning data from YAESU radios, then examine, modify, upload. The data format is not publicly documented, so a lot of effort needs to be spent mapping it. The intent of this YAESU GENOMA project is to distribute the effort among many collaborators and publicly publish the findings so in the future other people with free time (or even some of the 'genomers') can write specialized software to FULLY control the radios.

Some mapping is easily discovered by downloading the data from the radio, modifying ONE radio setting, downloading the data again and comparing both files (like memory names, repeater shifts, power off setting, most settings done on the radio). Other type of data needs a download, then modification of the file, upload to the radio and careful examination of changed behavior (like country setting, jumper setting). EXTREME CARE should be exercised, as it has been reported that it is possible to disable a radio permanently by setting invalid data to some locations. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE SUCH RISKS.

Included are partial mapping of the ft-50 and vx-1 previously published by Riku Kalinen, OH2LWO / K2LWO, <oh2lwo@sral.fi>. They should be useful even if you are willing to participate.

Those interested in collaborating, please reply with radio model to camaraya@quantacorp.com.