Re: KPA500 Cable
Posted by
Jim Brown-10 on
Dec 29, 2011; 6:33pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA500-Cable-tp7136339p7136422.html
On 12/29/2011 9:58 AM, David Robertson wrote:
> I cut up an old parallel printer cable which was shielded and had enough conductors. I bought the DB-15 plug and connector and using the cable schematic in the KPA-500 manual built mine about 5 feet long. It works great.
Sometimes it can make life easier if you figure out which conductors are
needed for your application. I needed to connect the KRC2 to my K3.
Studying the manual, I realized that all that was needed was one signal
conductor and a return. I built the cable using a DB15, a DB9, and a
suitable length of RG174. I haven't seen the value in using an AX cable
for the KPA, but if I did, knowing that would make far easier to build it.
73, Jim K9YC
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