> I just pulled a syntor X out of the junk heap here. I'll post more
> details about model etc later. It has an 8 mode head with red prio
> button on it. I do not have the cable that goes between the radio & the
> head.

> I would like to use the radio as a remote base on my Asterisk system. Do
> I need a control head cable to make it work, or can I get away without
> it??

Nice junk heap. :)

You can hack up the really needed connections without a cable, e.g. by
soldering wires directly to the pins in the radio connector. Ghastly,
but it works. That would let you run the xcat like a VFO.

Or, cables are not usually too hard to find on ebay.

De