I don’t know if he reads this mail list or not, but K3WWP has a pretty slick KX3/PX3 setup:
http://home.windstream.net/johnshan/pix_shack_1014.jpg <http://home.windstream.net/johnshan/pix_shack_1014.jpg> 73, Joel - W4JBB > On Dec 10, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Rick Tavan N6XI <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
