Fwd: KAT500 Utility Question: Idle Sleep

[James Bennett]

Case closed!

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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Utility Question: Idle Sleep
> From: James Bennett <[hidden email]>
> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 1:37:06 PM PDT
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[hidden email]>
> To: Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]>
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> Hi Dick,
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> Nope, using a Rig Runner 4008. The K3 goes to one PP port and the KAT500 goes to a separate port.
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> HOWEVER - the culprit has been found!!! When I just now squeezed in between the wall and my desk where the Rig Runner is mounted (making sure the cables went where I said they did) I noticed the PP plug for the KAT500 was not fully seated. I pushed it in all the way and tried the tuner power button - bingo! It powered up.
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> While I am a fan of PowerPoles, I do think they could have been engineered a bit better to keep the plugs in place in an installation like mine, where the plugs go in horizontally; any amount of extra cable weight on the plug appears to have the effect of the plugs not being 100% seated.
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> Well, thanks for your assistance - now I can use the KAT500 with the KX3 again w/o futzing around with the K3 first!!!
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> 73, Jim
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