You are now officially accepted as an Honorary Aussie Now all you need to learn is to stand up when your "DownUnder"....... Grin
Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 21/06/2013 9:19 AM, "Luis V. Romero" <lrom...@ij.net> wrote: > I must be a closet Aussie... My K line is also reversed with the K3 on the > left and the KPA500 on the right. That is comfortable for me, as in my > SO2R set up, the main radio is actually the K3, radio #2. Always tuned with > my right hand. Habit from the days of HW16's with the RX knob on the right > and the HG10 on the left. > > Lu - W4LT > K3/KRX3/P3/KPA500/K1 > Tampa, FL. > > > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:06:41 -0600 > From: "Cady, Fred" <fc...@ece.montana.edu> > To: 'Roger Crofts' <ro...@monitorsensors.com>, elecraft reflector > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round? > Message-ID: > <31B0BCE89606784FB09EF0C6CF947**94f03a91b8...@coeexch1.coe.**montana.edu<31b0bce89606784fb09ef0c6cf94794f03a91b8...@coeexch1.coe.montana.edu> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Its OK Roger. You drive on the other side too! :-) > Cheers, > Fred KE7X > > -----Original Message----- > From: > elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.**net<elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net>[mailto: > elecraft-bounces@**mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net>] On > Behalf Of Roger Crofts > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:54 PM > To: elecraft reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round? > > I recently added the KPA500 to my K3 and P3. > I put the KPA500 on the right of the P3 with the K3 on the left, just as > is shown in all the K line adverts. > This is the way it is intended. The rubber feet of the K3 and KPA500 touch > the P3 and their carrying handles are on the outside. Also you will note > that the mic and headphone jacks are on the extreme left where their cables > will not get in the way of log books etc. > This is all fine and dandy until I had to set the station up as a field > portable. The position was cramped and the chair fixed. I had the P3 > directly in front, but I had to reach to the left for all the important > controls. I had the bright idea of switching the positions of the KPA500 > and the K3. It was much better. My right hand fell naturally upon the > tuning controls. When I got home I decided to keep the K line in the > reverse order. I use the rear sockets for mic and phones, so there is no > worry about leads crossing the operating desk. The handles of the KPA500 > and K3 are now against the P3 case, but this makes little difference - See > the photo of my station on QRZ.com. > Hey, maybe Wayne and Eric are left-handers! > > 73 Roger, VK4YB > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ 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
