Don, I agree with Don, W3FPR, that a connection central box or "Breakout Box", is a good plan. The box which I built uses toggle switches (each with an ON-OFF LED indicator) rather than rotary switches, because frequently I want to listen to two, sometimes but not often to three, of my receivers at the same time, or switch quickly between transmitters. The beauty of a Breakout Box is its versatility, and of course there is no risk of damaging connectors while plugging/ unplugging them.
Thinking ahead, if you add later more functions to your box such as mic audio, DC power control etc, the number of cables entering the box can become quite large. To get rid of the rat's nest of cables entering my Breakout Box, I have been looking into the possibility of using a single fiber optic cable between the box and each of my receivers and transmitters to carry the audio and control signals. But this scheme would be difficult to implement with the K3, and probably with any other commercial "amateur" transmitter/ receiver. 73, Geoff LX2AO On July 18, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Don KB1YBG wrote: > Hi All, > Now that I've added a K3 the plugs for Key and Headphones have changed to > 1/4" I'm thinking about building a connection central box with a rig > selection switch to switch these to the desired rig. I currently have > four > rigs and plugging / unplugging these doesn't make sense, let alone the > fact > that plug sizes differ. > Any ideas about doing this? Any commercial solutions? At this point I'm > only interested in Keys/Paddles and headphones. If I do any data modes it > most likely would be only with K3. > > Thanks, > Don ______________________________________________________________ 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
