As others have said, the IQ connecting cable is very short. Although you can place the PX3 to the left of the KX3, it ends up as quite a long pair, especially if any of your KX3 connectors are straight instead of right-angle. I've found it both neater and more ergonomic to place the PX3 just above the KX3. I use a wire-frame reading stand to hold the KX3 and it's just tall enough to let me balance the PX3 on top of the KX3. However, it's not as secure as I'd like and involves metal-to-metal contact between the two boxes so I intend to buy or build a slightly larger stand, perhaps with a "mini-shelf" between the two boxes. The advantage of vertical adjacency instead of horizontal, to my thinking, is a smaller footprint on the desk and less eye motion between the PX3 and the KX3 displays.
73, /Rick N6XI On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:20 PM, stan levandowski <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just a click away from ordering a PX3, and I've perused the FAQs and > online manual but still have a question that some PX3 owner on this list > should be able to answer for me: > > > How far away from (and to the left of) the KX3 can I place the PX3? > > > I didn't see any cable lengths given, just a warning not to make the > connecting cables longer. I need this information to figure out how wide > I can build my new "ramp" to hold them. While most of the connectors on the > KX3 are space saving right angles, I still have straight connectors on my > headset and outboard keyer and I don't want to change them ( I have my > reasons...) > > > Thanks and 73, > Stan WB2LQF > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- Rick Tavan N6XI Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ 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]
