I use my kpa100 with a rigrunner 4005. I also put powerpoles on all my radios batteries solar controllers various kits and everything matches like its supposed too.
By the way my local ARES group still uses the T connector that comes on Kenwood radios. WT5Y ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: [Elecraft] KPA100 DC connector WARNING ALERT > At Field Day, if you will be using your K2 with the > KPA100 ... note that the radio's high-current DC port > is 180 degrees reversed from the national ARES > standard: > > http://www.ocraces.org/powerpole.html > http://www.westmountainradio.com/pdf/QSTrr.pdf > http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/app.htm > > > If other Field Day attendees attempt to connect you > rig to a standard-configured PowerPole fitting, they > will be connecting with reverse polarity, and this > will blow the fuse. > > Hopefully there IS a fuse ... > > Otherwise, quite a lot of smoke will come out of many > places. > > Now that I realize the problem, I will be re-doing my > KPA100 connector with a wire pigtail instead of the PC > mount, to make the rear panel fitting the correct > polarity. The rear panel is also silk-screened > backwards ( + and - ) from the standard but I will > make a label of some sort to cover that up. > > Good luck and be careful out there. Don't let others > use your K2/KPA100 rig unless they also use YOUR power > wire. If they try to hook it up to an ARES standard > club power block, uh-oh. > > 73 Steve KZ1X/4 > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
