I must point out that N6TV's Serial and Y boxes can be configured to use VGA cable between K2/K3/K4 and Elecraft amps. He does the hard work, and his support is fantastic.
73 Eric WD6DBM On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 7:23 AM Jack Brindle via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > VGA cables are incompatible with the KPA500 and KPA1500. You will need a > straight-through cable. BUT, you also need some pins removed. The power pin > of the K3 is not compatible with the power pin of the KPA500 or KPA1500, > and will result in the problems you have seen. > The cable is described in the KPA500 manual, rev E1 on page 45. I’m not > sure where it is in the KPA1500 manual, but I would be surprised if we > didn’t include the same table there. > > 73, > Jack, W6FB > Elecraft Engineering > > > On Sep 17, 2021, at 7:47 AM, Jim McCook <w...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > Now I see what's going on. Originally I used the Elecraft cable between > the K3 ACC and the KPA1500 and everything was OK. The K3 could be powered > down normally. When I moved that K3 to a spare position, that cable wasn't > long enough, so I ordered an extension VGA cable. This is when the problem > occurred. Apparently the extension is the problem withh pin 8. Will see > what Elecraft Support says. 73, Jim W6YA > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 jackbrin...@me.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 norrislawfi...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
