Bob – I get most of my cables and splitters from www.cablewholesale.com.
Here’s a link to a DB9 splitter:
www.cablewholesale.com/specs/db9-splitter/30d1-27208.htm
And here’s a link to a DB15HD splitter:
www.cablewholesale.com/specs/vga-splitter-cable/10h1-27708.htm
These splitters have all
“I'm adding a KPA500 and KAT500 to my station equipment. The only coax tothe
shack will be a run of LDF5-50 to a TBD remote switch, preferrably with8
antenna ports.”
How about the Ameritron RCS-12?
Phil – AD5X
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“Wouldn't a single 15-pin to 15-pin DE-15 cable in addition to the first
KPAK3AUX cable set be sufficient?73,Rich VE3KI”
Yes, this is correct. You need a DB15HD M/F cable (SVGA cable) between the
K3 and KAT500, and the normal DB15HD M/F Elecraft-type cable between the
KAT500 and KPA500. The
“...I use an LDG tuner at a remote location from my rig. I see something
similar to what is being discussed at times. Sometimes it will stop tuning
(perhaps quickly) when it gets a match slightly below 2:1. Other times I get a
much better match...”
Don’t forget that unless your transmission
Bill – I do have the grill/gasket, and the new speaker. But I could only
really get rid of the buzz by adding the snipped grommet between the speaker
bracket and bottom case as described, which apparently damps the vibrating
speaker bracket. At least this worked well for me – and for N1RX.
“...It seems to me that a versatile fused crowbar circuit would be good.Has
anybody been there and done that? Maybe someone sells one”
See the Voltage Protector article in the “Articles” section of my website at
www.ad5x.com.
Phil – AD5X
“After sending my note about using the little MFJ power supply at 2.89 amps,
I realized that it works fine on my FT-817D at 5 watts but would obviously
be taxed at the full 12 watts of the KX3. So fuggetabowdit.”
The MFJ supply will power the KX3 just fine at 10 watts. The KX3 draws
about
Any chance that K3 DIGOUT1 (pin 11) is enabled low on 17 meters? This is an
amp-disable input on the KPA500.
Phil – AD5X
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“The KPA500 manual I downloaded says pin 8 (TX INH) and pin 3 (GND) from the
FT-950 must be connected together then connected to pin 5 on the KPA500 AUX
connector. I looked at the FT-950 schematic and it appears pin 8 can be left
floating.Also, have you had any issues with band selection using
“Has anyone successfully interfaced a K3 and THP HL-1.5KFX amp so the K3 tells
the amp what band to be on? If so, I would appreciate specifics onhow you did
it.”
Peter – Just connect the K3 0123 band data outputs to the THP ABCD band data
inputs. On the THP, tell it is a Yaesu input. The
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