John, RS232 has a reliability issue past 50'. I have seen it work up to 60' with DDS circuits using CAT5 as the conductor and RJ45-to-DB9 / DB25 connectors. After that, all bets are off.
BTW, this is not anecdotal, this is my experience in the real world. 73, Joel - W4JBB On 5/26/2012 2:55 PM, WB9JPH wrote: > Question . . . . > > My station is in a 2nd floor loft. > > The antenna coax cables come into the basement utility room and then up > behind the plasterboard walls to my shack. > > Will I be able to put the KAT 500 and KPA 3 in the basement utility room and > control them by snaking an RS232 cable from the shack to the utility room > through the PVC pipe that contains my coax? > > If this will work are there any special considerations I need to be aware of? > > 73 > John > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
