Hi Fred,
That option (E850463) wasn't there last week - in fact it wasn't even
there just now, until I reloaded the page ;)
73,
~iain / N6ML
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote:
> Been gone for 5 days to Alpine County CA for the Cal QSO Party [N6A -
> thanks for something around 2,700 Q's!], and came back to 200+ messages
> from this list.
>
> A large number on K3<->KAT500<->KPA500 cabling. I wonder what I'm missing?
>
> From the KAT500 ordering page:
>
> "E850463 Optional KAT500 to KPA500 Cable"
>
> "KAT500 to KPA500 cable. Provides band data to KAT500 for band
> change prior to TX,, and feeds through KPAK3AUX cable data from the K3
> to the KPA500. Typically used in addition to the KPAK3AUX cable from
> the K3 to route band data, keying and AUXBUS data through the KAT500 to
> the KPA500. (The KAT500 has AUX Cable IN and OUT connections.)"
>
> "This is the same 15 pin cable as is contained in the KPAP3AUX
> cable set (see above, under the KPA500). That set also includes a Y
> cable expansion adapter and a TX line keying interrupt adapter for the
> K3 to KPA500 link."
>
> The KPAK3AUX cable is $35, the E850463 is $25. I presume the difference
> is the Y-cable expansion adapted and TX line keying interrupt adapter
> included in the KPAK3AUX cable set but not in E850463.
>
> I'll add the E850463 to my KAT500 order. If my understanding of the
> KAT500 order page is incorrect, possibly someone could explain it to me,
> although the above seems pretty clear right now. The E850463 won't be
> lonely behind the rig. I often wonder when I'm back there why this is
> called "wireless."
>
> I truly don't care how the "K-gizmos" talk to each other, or what they
> say while they're doing it and I suspect I'm not alone. Unfortunately,
> these threads usually drift into those sorts of details, to the
> confusion of the uninformed.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 10/6/2012 9:02 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Oliver Dröse <dro...@necg.de> wrote:
>>> As far as I know AUXBUS just works one way (see the K3/KPA500 integration).
>>> Otherwise there would not be any need for the BCD data from K3 to
>>> KPA500/KAT500, would it? ;-)
>>
>> The KPA500 can only act as an AUXBUS sender, but the KAT500 is capable
>> of both send and receive, as is the K3.
>>
>> Both KPA500 and KAT500 include "BCD" inputs to support non-Elecraft
>> transceivers.
>
>
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