Occam's Razor! Haven't heard that on this list before. Sounds like an adherent of SETI?
Regarding the simplest solution is often true, reminds me of the advice of an old mentor back 30-years ago advising me not to be looking for complicated causes for electronic malfunctions, ... "the solution is usually very simple". Regarding non-seated computer cables, that issue "bit" me recently when I could not turn on a remote piece of equipment. The control wire was on a DB-25 plug that had slipped a little so not fully seated. I am now looking for those little hex-nut couplers that provide for securing the plug to the receptacle on sub-D computer connectors. I wish they were supplied when one bought the connectors. My SO2R control panel uses three Sub-D9M and two Sub-D25M panel receptacles for control line connections (and ten RCA-phono connectors). One 9M goes to the computer Serial port and two go to each radio (FT-847 & K3). The two 25M are for control lines to other equipment, towers and antenna switches. They terminate on barrier terminal strips for interconnection to control lines. 73, Ed - KL7UW ---------------------------------- Message: 25 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:57:15 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 communcation issue solved! To: [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I often find the true solution is the simplest. Occam's Razor k4ia In a message dated 8/3/2010 3:47:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thank you to those who have been trying to help me to get my new K3 to talk with N1MM. That issue is now solved. It wasn't until I thought I had checked and rechecked all configurations, both in N1MM and in the K3, that I finally became convinced it was not a software/firmware issue. In checking my serial cables, I found the DB-9 connector to the K3 had slipped partially out of the K3 connector. I simply reseated that connector (AND used a screw driver to fasten it to the K3 and the K3 immediately started communicating with N1MM again. I do appreciate everyone offering me very well thought out suggestions to solve this problem. Thank you all again 73, Tom - W4BQF 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-QRT*, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] ====================================== *temp ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
