Ted, When you remote the KPA100, you must provide a path for the internal K2 signals that are required for its operation, and the KIO2 does bring out those signals - the KIO2 is more than an RS-232 interface and that is the reason there are cautions that a standard RS-232 cable MUST NOT be connected to the K2 or KPA100 (even though the connector is the same - bad things will happen to your K2 or KPA100 if you should accidently connect it with a RS-232 cable.
There are alternatives to installing the KIO2 (see http://www.qslnet.de/member/la3za/K2/mod.html for details), but if you want a connection to the computer, the KIO2 is your only alternative. When you remote the KPA100, any connection to a computer must be directly from the base K2 - the RS-232 signals in the KPA100 will not function with the remote KPA100 configuration. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > > Hi folks. > I'm planning on building the 100W kit for my K2, and the 100W > ATU, both together in a remote enclosure. Do I, or do I not, need > the KIO2 RS-232 Interface kit, given that both the amp and the > ATU are remote? Offline replies OK, as this is probably an old question!! > Ted WB3AVD > _______________________________________________ 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
