The pinout of the cable that should be used is in the manual. That pinout illustrates the lines that should be connected and NO other lines other than that which are displayed in the manual should be connected.
~Brett (N7MG) On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Lu Romero <[email protected]> wrote: > All: > > Thanks for all your input. Big thank you to Richard VE3KI > for his excellent email which should be in the manual > verbatim, frankly! > > I have heard from Elecraft Support, and the factory says > that the only pins that are disabled on a standard KPAK3AUX > cable are as follows: > > Pins 1, 6, 7, 8 and optionally on some cables, 4 > > If you need external PTT, you can use the "interruptor" to > disable pin 10. > > Pin 11 can be used with a macro to remotely turn the KPA on > and off via DIGOUT1 > > I disconnected my pin 8 and the power issue I illustrated > went completely away. > > Thought you all would want to know in case others walk in my > footsteps in the future. > > Best 73 > > Lu Romero - W4LT > K-Line and a K1 > > > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:45:53 +0000 > From: "hawley, charles j jr" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 - Normal behavior? > Message-ID: > > <276d3d6c9d5c8c4484211e9839fde1ab0cf83...@citesmbx5.ad.uillinois.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I don't have any of that behavior. I can turn one on/off or > the other. > I think you have more pins connected that Elecraft does not > connect with their > cable...probably pin #8. > > Chuck, KE9UW > Lionel Trains, TCA, LCCA, LRRC > aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWMOA #224 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
