I have a 2K-FA and as Jim mentions, you can use the bare basic RCA cable to key it etc... however, depending on your setup, it's certainly easy to make up some custom cables Get some CAT5 stranded cable and read the manuals (RTFM). The CAT control input on all the SPE amps have the same pinout and the amplifiers ship with the DB15 connectors and hoods. It's not rocket science to make a cable which is custom to your needs. Plus, you can take advantage of the key out on the K3 acc port and have the SPE amp control TX-INH if you want etc... making a cable up is probably easy enough that a typical cave man could do it, if he/she has bare bones soldering station etc...
Download the manuals and spend some time studying up on what you can do and how to interface it with your K3... the last time I checked it's still legal to use a soldering iron and some wire strippers. If you order up cables, you will get what you get and there are several different things to consider when interfacing your rig with an SPE amp. Why not get what you want for cheap and learn something long the way rather than paying for some pre made cables in this case. ;) And yes, there are cases where we get older and have a hard time with tiny connectors etc... and our eyes get bad, so I get that. Get a ham buddy to help you out. Anyway... another thread lives on about Elecraft building a KW amp etc... the Ever-Ready bunny keeps going and going and returning. :) Max NG7M Max NG7M On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu,3/16/2017 8:36 PM, James F. Boehner MD via Elecraft wrote: > >> Expert Linears Dan Tassell KC5PCB makes up a custom plug-and-play cable >> for the K3/SPE, so interfacing is really not a problem. >> > > NO special cable is required. All you need is the RCA - RCA keying cable > between the K3 and the amp and coax for RF. That's all I'm using with an > SPE-1K. The SPE senses the frequency of RF drive and switches. It also > recalls previous tunings of the built-in antenna tuner. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > -- M. George ______________________________________________________________ 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]
