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Access to the back of the K3

I saw the comment about the rats nest of wires we have behind out
equipment. Based on convention, people normally put their tables up
against the walls. I have my tables 18" from the walls. This gives me
enough room to go behind to fiddle with the wires, which I seem to do
every few days.

Just sharing.

Bob/nz2z

On 7/19/15 10:51 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> Last week, I made some internal changes to the K3 and also added an
> >>external USB data interface device for RTTY. What's apparent is that cable
> >>management is getting way out of control. To gain inside access to the K3
> >>almost requires a meditation exercise before going in. Consider that a PR6
> >>is mounted to the back of the K3. The rear of the K3 is an absolute rat's
> >>nest of cabling.

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NK7Z

Re: Access to the back of the K3

Hi Bob,
When I got my K3 I decided to totally rebuild much as you did... Desk
is movable, and uses hangers for the cabling...

See:
http://nk7z.net/rebuilding-the-shack/

for photos of the back of the desk, not just the front...
--
Thanks and 73's,
For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
www.nk7z.net

For MixW support see;
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
For Dopplergram information see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
For MM-SSTV see:
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On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 23:40 -0400, Bob Bennett via Elecraft wrote:

> I saw the comment about the rats nest of wires we have behind out
> equipment. Based on convention, people normally put their tables up
> against the walls. I have my tables 18" from the walls. This gives me
> enough room to go behind to fiddle with the wires, which I seem to do
> every few days.
>
> Just sharing.
>
> Bob/nz2z
>
>
>
> On 7/19/15 10:51 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> > Last week, I made some internal changes to the K3 and also added an
> > >>external USB data interface device for RTTY. What's apparent is that cable
> > >>management is getting way out of control. To gain inside access to the K3
> > >>almost requires a meditation exercise before going in. Consider that a PR6
> > >>is mounted to the back of the K3. The rear of the K3 is an absolute rat's
> > >>nest of cabling.
>
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ktalbott

Re: Access to the back of the K3

19" rack on castors with two tethered cables - coax to remote antenna switch
and mains power (UPS with microseconds switch mounted on rack). Oh,
actually I haven't used this rack of QRO equipment since discovering QRP a
couple of years ago.

73 de ken ke4rg

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David
Cole
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 8:56 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Access to the back of the K3

Hi Bob,
When I got my K3 I decided to totally rebuild much as you did... Desk is
movable, and uses hangers for the cabling...

See:
http://nk7z.net/rebuilding-the-shack/

for photos of the back of the desk, not just the front...
--
Thanks and 73's,
For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
www.nk7z.net

For MixW support see;
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
For Dopplergram information see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
For MM-SSTV see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info

On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 23:40 -0400, Bob Bennett via Elecraft wrote:

> I saw the comment about the rats nest of wires we have behind out
> equipment. Based on convention, people normally put their tables up
> against the walls. I have my tables 18" from the walls. This gives me
> enough room to go behind to fiddle with the wires, which I seem to do
> every few days.
>
> Just sharing.
>
> Bob/nz2z
>
>
>
> On 7/19/15 10:51 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> > Last week, I made some internal changes to the K3 and also added an
> > >>external USB data interface device for RTTY. What's apparent is
> > >>that cable management is getting way out of control. To gain
> > >>inside access to the K3 almost requires a meditation exercise
> > >>before going in. Consider that a PR6 is mounted to the back of
> > >>the K3. The rear of the K3 is an absolute rat's nest of cabling.
>
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