Details, details.... :>) 73, Guy. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, yes, My TS-570 has a gender changer mounted on it's rear RS232 port. > My main response was to the fact that the wiring is the same, and I didn't > consider gender. However, the cable I used for the 570 is the same cable I > use for the K3, minus the gender changer. > > ...bc nr4c > > > > > Quoting Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]>: > > I'm not so sure... My FT-1000 MP Cat connection has a male DB9 >> connection, >> and the K3 has a female connection. If the MP's convention is "standard" >> for >> Yaesu rigs, then the FT2000 cord will not work. Serial cord connections on >> PC's are male. The K3 requires a cord with male on one end and female on >> the >> other. The MP requires a double female cord. That fact made all the >> cords >> I had used with my MP directly unusable with the K3. >> >> If the FT2000 CAT connection on the back of the rig has pins, the cord >> will >> not work for the K3 as is. An inexpensive male serial gender changer on >> the >> rig end will convert a double female. >> >> I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels >> a >> bit with me), and eventually bought new cords. >> >> 73, Guy. >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same >>> serial cable. >>> >>> ...bill nr4c >>> >>> >>> Quoting Adriano <[email protected]>: >>> >>> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ >>> the >>> k3? >>> > >>> > Tnx again >>> > PY2ADR >>> > K3 4795 >>> > ______________________________________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> > >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
