Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 and the KPAK3AUX Cable - lessons learned

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-s

Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 and the KPAK3AUX Cable - lessons learned

Some of the pins in an SVGA cable are cross-connected. It won't work, many have pointed that out, despite which, I tried. For me, the Elecraft KPAK3AUX cable is too long :-) Already wyy too many wires and cables back there coiled up. 'Nother subject: So far, most of the Elecraft model n

[Elecraft] KPA-500 and the KPAK3AUX Cable - lessons learned

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)