XG3 serial cable
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The serial cable that is shipped with the XG3 has managed to hide itself in my cable jungle. It is clearly not the garden variety serial cable. Can anyone describe it, diagram it or just tell me where I can replace it. I like my last idea best :-).Howard..K2HK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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DB9-F at one end, 3.5mm TRS male at the other. The K144XV and KX3
cables are identical. 73, matt W6NIA On Wed, 29 May 2013 20:24:03 -0400, you wrote: > > >The serial cable that is shipped with the XG3 has managed to hide itself in my cable jungle. It is clearly not the garden variety serial cable. Can anyone describe it, diagram it or just tell me where I can replace it. I like my last idea best :-).Howard..K2HK >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[hidden email] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Or use a cable from another Elecraft piece like the KX3 etc.
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:47 PM To: Howard K2HK Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG3 serial cable DB9-F at one end, 3.5mm TRS male at the other. The K144XV and KX3 cables are identical. 73, matt W6NIA On Wed, 29 May 2013 20:24:03 -0400, you wrote: > > >The serial cable that is shipped with the XG3 has managed to hide itself in my cable jungle. It is clearly not the garden variety serial cable. Can anyone describe it, diagram it or just tell me where I can replace it. I like my last idea best :-).Howard..K2HK >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[hidden email] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email >list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Howard,
Look on page 30 of your owners manual. The schematic for the cable is there. My ops manual is Rev D. I guess you could get a replacement from Elecraft. There is more cable connector (power) info on Page 7 of the manual. Funny you should post that request. I just finished doing a K3 calibrate with the XG3, but I did find the DB9 to XG3 cable. My power cable is also used for my MFJ-259B. 73, Rick, W7LKG -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Howard K2HK Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 17:24 To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] XG3 serial cable The serial cable that is shipped with the XG3 has managed to hide itself in my cable jungle. It is clearly not the garden variety serial cable. Can anyone describe it, diagram it or just tell me where I can replace it. I like my last idea best :-).Howard..K2HK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The original post:
The serial cable that is shipped with the XG3 has managed to hide itself in my cable jungle. It is clearly not the garden variety serial cable. Can anyone describe it, diagram it or just tell me where I can replace it. I like my last idea best :-).Howard..K2HK Thank you all for the replies. This should help me flush it out or at least replace it. Below the suggestions same as the KX3 if you have one. .bill nr4c the cable should be like very few you might have.. one end has a 3.5mm TRS plug.. and the other has a 9-pin female D connector.Elecraft carries them as a stock item... $30 plus shipping. That's if you have the RS-232 version. Otherwise, the 9-pin is replaced with a USB A connector (the flat one) Ray,K2ULR Look on page 30 of your owners manual. The schematic for the cable is there.My ops manual is Rev D.I guess you could get a replacement from Elecraft. There is more cableconnector (power) info on Page 7 of the manual.Rick W7KLG DB9-F at one end, 3.5mm TRS male at the other. The K144XV and KX3cables are identical.Matt, k6nia Or use a cable from another Elecraft piece like the KX3 etc.K9yeq..Bill I hold the supreme ranking worldwide for "Cable Unfindable" as i have so many of them so frightened that they cringe in fear when i yell out to them to announce their whereabouts..... Elecraft have them of course. They look like a stereo plug on one end with a USB plug on the other end. To assist you in locating it, elecraft thoughtfully supply black ones.Gary..VK1zz _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi Gang:
One of the things that came to mind after Howard told us about his "lost" serial cable: We often get a lot of "stuff" that looks similar and it's easy to misplace or forget what goes with what. A while back, I took the trouble to always put a piece of white tape on each wall-wart power brick that would come with a piece of gear, and label the little PS with it's mating unit. That way, I was reasonably assured that I would not insert a supply of incorrect voltage or polarity. It's helped out a -lot- over the years. And, to keep track of them, I had a large milk crate where I would keep them.. so I'd at least know where to find a power supply. And, the same thing could be done with cables... put a piece of writable tape on one end (as a "flag") and identify it's use. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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topic is now cable ID:
I use colored electrical tape for cable ID. I know many use a label with written ID, but have seen them become undecipherable with age (especially sunlight exposure). So I have been using colored tape. white=600m brown = HF Blue=6m green=2m orange=222 red=432 yel-yellow = 900 yellow=1296 brown with band color = Rx violet with a band color =Tx as examples I marked both ends of coax lines (I have 17 of them). I also use a color code on control cables. my 2m vertical polarity antennas=white 2m horizontal polarity antennas=blue I have a station document book with diagrams color-coded for reference (there is just too much to keep straight in my mind). Note: only red fades in sunlight over time 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com [hidden email] "Kits made by KL7UW" ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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