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David Olean

KANT3 Replacement PC board

I hope someone can steer me in the right direction. I was trolling
through my junk and found a new un populated PC board. I must have
bought it from someone on the Elecraft reflector, but I have no memory
of any of it! All I have is the PC board and a printed sheet with a
parts list. By board has "Copyright Arcom 2016 KANT3 REV 1.0" printed
on it.

The board has positions for 3 ICs and two small relays. It looks like it
was made to route extra antenna connections etc. but I have no
information on what it does or how it is implemented into the K3. Can
anyone point me towards a description on this accessory? I could find
no mention of anything with a google search.

Dave K1WHS

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Don Wilhelm

Re: KANT3 Replacement PC board

Dave,

If I am not mistaken, that board would be installed in a K3 that did not
have an ATU.

If you bought the K3 without the tuner and later installed the tuner,
that would be the reason you have it in your 'junk'.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/26/2020 6:03 PM, David Olean wrote:

> I hope someone can steer me in the right direction. I was trolling
> through my junk and found a new un populated PC board. I must have
> bought it from someone on the Elecraft reflector, but I have no memory
> of any of it! All I have is the PC board and a printed sheet with a
> parts list. By board has "Copyright Arcom 2016 KANT3 REV 1.0" printed
> on it.
>
> The board has positions for 3 ICs and two small relays. It looks like it
> was made to route extra antenna connections etc. but I have no
> information on what it does or how it is implemented into the K3. Can
> anyone point me towards a description on this accessory? I could find
> no mention of anything with a google search.
>

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David Olean

Re: KANT3 Replacement PC board

Hello Don and Carl,

I guess I was not very clear on this. I have a couple of K3s and all
have a KANT3. I know what that board is. This board is a bare (un
populated) board that was made by someone to be a replacement for the
stock KANT3 but it has some added switching and routing capabilities
apparently. It was a non Elecraft mod kit for the K3. I vaguely
remember saying that I was interested in the board after someone
mentioned the design on the Elecraft reflector. I ended up with a board
and the parts list. I have no idea how to implement same!

To be clear, this is not a KANT3 from Elecraft. It is a bare board and a
list of parts that includes three ICs (TPIC6C596PW) a 78LO5 5 volt
regulator plus a bunch of capacitors and resistors. There are two
antenna connections that go on the board along with the 20 pin connector
that you remove off the original KANT3 board from your radio.

I am trying to figure out what this is and if it is usable.

Dave K1WHS

On 11/26/2020 6:32 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Dave,
>
> If I am not mistaken, that board would be installed in a K3 that did
> not have an ATU.
>
> If you bought the K3 without the tuner and later installed the tuner,
> that would be the reason you have it in your 'junk'.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/26/2020 6:03 PM, David Olean wrote:
>> I hope someone can steer me in the right direction. I was trolling
>> through my junk and found a new un populated PC board. I must have
>> bought it from someone on the Elecraft reflector, but I have no
>> memory of any of it! All I have is the PC board and a printed sheet
>> with a parts list. By board has "Copyright Arcom 2016 KANT3 REV
>> 1.0" printed on it.
>>
>> The board has positions for 3 ICs and two small relays. It looks like
>> it was made to route extra antenna connections etc. but I have no
>> information on what it does or how it is implemented into the K3. Can
>> anyone point me towards a description on this accessory? I could
>> find no mention of anything with a google search.
>>

Nr4c

Re: KANT3 Replacement PC board

I suspect it’s a way to have more than 1 antenna connection without the KAT3.

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill

> On Nov 26, 2020, at 7:37 PM, David Olean <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello Don and Carl,
>
> I guess I was not very clear on this. I have a couple of K3s and all have a KANT3. I know what that board is. This board is a bare (un populated) board that was made by someone to be a replacement for the stock KANT3 but it has some added switching and routing capabilities apparently. It was a non Elecraft mod kit for the K3. I vaguely remember saying that I was interested in the board after someone mentioned the design on the Elecraft reflector. I ended up with a board and the parts list. I have no idea how to implement same!
>
> To be clear, this is not a KANT3 from Elecraft. It is a bare board and a list of parts that includes three ICs (TPIC6C596PW) a 78LO5 5 volt regulator plus a bunch of capacitors and resistors. There are two antenna connections that go on the board along with the 20 pin connector that you remove off the original KANT3 board from your radio.
>
> I am trying to figure out what this is and if it is usable.
>
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>> On 11/26/2020 6:32 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> If I am not mistaken, that board would be installed in a K3 that did not have an ATU.
>>
>> If you bought the K3 without the tuner and later installed the tuner, that would be the reason you have it in your 'junk'.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>>> On 11/26/2020 6:03 PM, David Olean wrote:
>>> I hope someone can steer me in the right direction. I was trolling through my junk and found a new un populated PC board. I must have bought it from someone on the Elecraft reflector, but I have no memory of any of it! All I have is the PC board and a printed sheet with a parts list. By board has "Copyright Arcom 2016 KANT3 REV 1.0" printed on it.
>>>
>>> The board has positions for 3 ICs and two small relays. It looks like it was made to route extra antenna connections etc. but I have no information on what it does or how it is implemented into the K3. Can anyone point me towards a description on this accessory? I could find no mention of anything with a google search.
>>>
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