I am just about to order my second K2 – principally for the experience of building it, but also to have an additional configuration in the station. I have a question about using a K2/100 with an existing KAT100 already in an EC2 with another KPA100.
Specifically: I already have a K2/10 with the internal low power tuner, the KAT2. And I have a KPA100 with a KAT100 in an EC-2 enclosure. What I am about to order will be a K2/100, i.e. another K2 with its own internal KPA100. There may be occasions when I will need an ATU for that soon-to-be K2/100. The easiest option would be to build another KAT100 in the low-profile box. But to lower the total cost I was thinking I might on those occasions use my existing KAT100 in the EC-2. Can I do so? The problem is that the existing KAT100 is wired into the existing KPA-100 within the EC-2. There is an 8 connector ribbon cable, as I recall, conveying power and control data from one to the other. That makes me wonder whether the KAT100 already tethered to its KPA100 in the EC-2 could work with an outside KPA100 in the new K2/100, without having to open the EC-2 and undo the control line connection every time? A second question is whether, for the same purpose, I would need a KIO2 in the soon-to-be K2/100, assuming I can use the EC-2’s ATU with it? The KPA100 in the new K2/100 will have its own RS232. Will that be sufficient? Thanks for any insights anyone can offer. Ted, KN1CBR ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
