No problem Ron... So can someone tell me: Is the Elecraft cable that comes with the K-Pod a simple straight through cable?
What wire color or color/stripe conductor is on each pin? I dug through the schematics, et al last night and figured out what each is named... Just wondering if any thought was given to which pins share paired conductors, why, and if anyone considered the twist rate in choosing which pair to use to carry a signal/voltage... Since only 5 of 6 conductors are used, one conductor has no paired mate... It's a thought experiment for now... But the REASON is to see if the standard cable is optimized as is for using an EXTENDED cable... e.g. I want to figure out how long we can make the cable before timing/sig degradation, etc becomes an issue... Also, I think I have seen at least one report where the cable construction MIGHT have been the issue... "Roll your own" isn't as simple as one might think when the paired signals are not differential "mates". 73, ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 On 7/16/2016 10:45 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Clay. That's a typo. See appendix B of the manual. > > Tnx for the head's up. That's an old reference that should be been removed. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clay Autery [mailto:caut...@montac.com] > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 8:35 PM > To: Ron D'Eau Claire; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPOD] Re: Now that the K-Pod is shipping, (longer > RJ12 cable) > > RR... I just cracked the K-pod manual and see that the cable is an > RJ-25 cable... different pinouts from the RJ-12. (both 6P6C). > > I need the signals crossed with the pin numbers... or colors... > > No schematics for the K3s... I guess I'll try the K3 manual to see if it is > at all illuminating... > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > MONTAC Enterprises > (318) 518-1389 > > On 7/15/2016 9:36 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >> Don is correct but, actually, the connector is a 6PC6 male. The "RJ" >> numbers refer to the wiring AND connector. So it is NOT an RJ12 cable >> since only 5 conductors are used. >> >> 73, Ron AC7AC >> >> >> --- ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
