There are, however, 15-pin straight-through cables available that you can use with a circuit interrupter (female-male D-Sub connector). I got a six foot cable, just about right in my station. You simply pull the unwanted pins from the D-sub. This is the same technique Elecraft uses with their too-short, custom KPAK3AUX cable and its interrupter although you'll want to pull a few more pins.
/Rick On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Peter Chamalian <w...@arrl.net> wrote: > I know the instructions for the KPA-500 say not to use a standard SVGA > cable. The special KPAK3AUX cable is the way to go. But that cable is too > short for the arrangement I had for my station so I thought I could use a > standard SVGA expansion cable (female connector on one end, male on the > other). > > > > What I didn't fully digest is that the wiring is incompatible! I thought > the difference was merely the removal of a few pins from a standard SVGA > cable. > > > > Nope, that doesn't work! So if your station requires a longer cable than > the KPAK3AUX you can either purchase two cables and put them in series or > you can make up your own. Don't use a standard SVGA cable at all. > > > > In my case, I just rearranged the equipment. > > Pete, W1RM > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
