Re: Pin 11 problem: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-PR6-AUX-Cable-Pin-11-td7558085.html
73 - Steve WB6RSE > On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Mike K2MK <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > If you are using a KPA500 and a PR6 you will have to remove pin 11 from the > cable that goes to the KPA500. It has popped up on this reflector once or > twice but it is not mentioned in either the PR6 or the KPA500 instructions. > If you wonder if this will work just pull the 15 pin cable off of the KPA500 > and you'll see that the PR6 works as you would expect it to work. > > 73, > Mike K2MK > > > Dauer, Edward wrote >> I need to ask for help configuring a PR6-10 on the K3. Installed OK, >> removed the internal jumper per instructions and am using the control line >> on a Y splitter to allow the KPA and KAT to connect to the K3 as well. >> Physically, all seems fine, and the K3, P3, KPA and KAT work just as they >> always did. >> >> Then to operate the pre-amp I configured digout1 to ³on² for 28 Mhz on the >> K3, per instructions. OK so far. >> >> >> The PR6-10 manual says ³Tap RX ANT to enable preamplifier.² When I do so >> the noise level goes way down and the signals disappear, as if there were >> no antenna connected to the receiver. Removing the power plug from the >> preamp made no difference in either mode RX ANT on or off. >> >> >> I recall when building the K3 that there were elections to be made about >> antenna configurations when installing the sub receiver and/or >> the KXV3. I also remember that there are a myriad of ways the antennas >> can be routed via the configuration menus. I have a feeling that the >> elections and internal configurations I originally made in the K3 are not >> compatible with getting the PR6-10 to work simply by pressing RX ANT, but >> I can¹t reason my way through it all. >> >> >> Ted, KN1CBR > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
