Only issue is that the Mic and Headphone jacks on the back >are pretty frail and don't make very positive contact sometimes.
Andy, Are you using 1/8-in plugs or 3.5mm? ------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 On Tue Jan 29 15:07 , "Andrew Faber" sent: >Chris, > Good luck with it. I have the TT Decoder powered by an independent 12 volt >source. It has internal pull-up resistors, so there appears to be no >connection needed other than the ones I mentioned. It took me a bunch of >trial and error time to figure this out. Let us know how it works. > I emailed N3RD a while ago to let them know. Dave said he had a K3 on >order, and that they did intend to offer K3 cables. I made up a "generic" >cable from my TT DX Doubler to the K3, and that seems to work well also. >It's nice to use inputs all on the back of the K3, so there are no cables to >the front panel. Only issue is that the Mic and Headphone jacks on the back >are pretty frail and don't make very positive contact sometimes. > 73, andy, ae6y >----- Original Message ----- >From: "G3SJJ" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Elecraft" [email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:01 PM >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit > > >> Oh thanks for that Andy. I'll get it wired up in the morning with >> confidence then! I know that Dave N3RD (of Top Ten) and Sig N3RS are >> eagerly awaiting their K3s and will also be interested. >> >> 73 Chris G3SJJ >> >> >> >> Andrew Faber wrote: >>> Chris, >>> I have my K3 hooked up to a Top Ten Yaesu decoder, and it seems to work >>> fine. You need to connect 5 wires: the four BCD outputs and ground. >>> Once I figured out the pin numbering it was straightforward (Pins on the >>> ACC jack are numbered 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 from right to left and top to >>> bottom, looking at the radio from the back). >>> 73, andy, ae6y >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "G3SJJ" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Elecraft" [email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:46 AM >>> Subject: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit >>> >>> >>>> I wondered if any has connected up a TT Band Decoder to the ACC socket >>>> yet. I am just about to make up a suitable cable. Also theer was some >>>> discussion somewhile back about TX Inhibit for connecting to amps. >>>> Anyone done this. I see it needs an external +5v source. >>>> >>>> On my FT1kMP use the band data out socket f for my TT Decoder and pick >>>> up +12v from there, also amp relay switching. Would have been nice on >>>> the K3! >>>> >>>> Chris G3SJJ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Post to: [email protected] >>>> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >>>> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): >>>> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >>>> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: [email protected] >> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
