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"Octopus box" for station equipment

Lu Romero - W4LT
Dave:

I have used a Behringer UltraPAtch Pro T-R-S patchbay for this purpose.
Nice thing about this one is that it has switches on the top to make it
normal through, half normal or normally open, which is very handy,
especially when you want to reconfigure.  It cost around $40 new (or at lest
it cost that three years ago) at my local Guitar Center.

I even used it to delegate PTT and Footswitch at one time.  

I have several of these at work and they seem to work fine and are built
rather well. Some folks hate Behringer, some like them, but they seem to
work well for my needs.

-lu-w4lt-
K3 # 3192/P3 # 1301


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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Windisch <[hidden email]>
Subject: [Elecraft] "Octopus box" for station equipment
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Hi, all concerned:
Operating computer-assisted digital modes has become easier and
simpler, for me at least, with the K3's accessibility features. I started
with WSPR, added WSJT-HF, and am looking at other modes, after reading a
post here somewhere by K9YC (thanks, Jim, heh heh).
Talk about wired wireless: has anyone come up with what I call an
octopus box, which would centralize and redistribute all the FP and BP audio
and control functions of the K3, in order to reduce or eliminate entirely
cable-switching and secondarily the wear-and-tear on the K3's connectors
which cable-switching causes?
I have looked at W8ZR's lovely offering, and the WestMountain RCA14,
and searched further without finding such a comprehensive accessory.
Any ideas out there, please?

Brgds,

Dave, N3HE


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