Sorry to see that problem still persists, I ran into the same issue when I built mine last year.
It's very simple to fix. Take a small sewing needle, or a small paper clip, insert it into that blocked pin, and start to pick at the 'plug' until you remove it. From what I recall it's a relatively small plug that doesn't go all the way into the connector. The other alternative is to use a computer hard drive cable, or floppy cable I don't remember which one. That's all that cable is, there's nothing special about it. However you might find the same blocked pin on a computer cable. 73 de Sebastian, W4AS On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:09 PM, WM3M wrote: > This is my first post here, I received my KPA500 kit this week. > I was hoping to get it running this weekend. I am about halfway through the > assembly. > I have found that the 10 wire ribbon cable, part # E850479, is made wrong. > The connectors on both ends should be the same but they are not. Different > pins are blocked on the connectors. One will go on the board connectors ok > but the other will not, with the wrong pin blocked. > As best I can tell the blocked part of the connector is solid and part of the > connector and does not come out? Reversing the connectors or taking them > apart does not help since the wrong pin on one of the connectors is blocked. > I assume the connectors are made that way and there is no way to unblock the > pin? > I guess I have to wait till Monday and contact support. I don’t know of > local source of that type of connector and I don’t have any. Any ideas would > be appreciated. > Thanks 73 > Emory WM3M ______________________________________________________________ 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
