Tom, Answers: 1) No provision for such connections in the XV-50 2) Don't try this - 'strange happenings' will occur (usually Hi-Cur and inadequate drive to the KPA100) 3) Risky 4) The K60XV is a more elegant solution - you do not have to swap antenna connectors - I recommend it highly. Two short RG174 cables plus the connection to the AUX I/O are all you need to connect the K2 and the XV-50. You can still arrange it in a 'cube' with just three external cables.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Question for Wayne/Eric and anyone else familiar with the XV-50. > > As some of you know, my KAT-100 tuner is built flush against the > bottom of my K2/100 as a solid brick with no external interface > wire or power leads. This was possible due to the brilliantly > conceived 2D fasteners as well as Elecraft having silk-screened > and plated holes for a header assembly allowing a ribbon cable to > be connected directly to the main board of the KAT-100 and back > up to the KPA-100 and onto the K2 CPU board. > > Some questions: > 1) Is there a provision on the XV-50 for a dual pin header > connector to allow the control signals from the > K2/KPA-100/KAT-100 into the XV-50 as there is in the KAT-100? > > 2) I don't have the 60M/transverter option in my K2. I was > thinking about running the old RF output of the K2 internally > down through the KAT-100 and into the XV-50 while leaving it in > parallel with the input of the KPA-100. I don't THINK this would > hurt operation on HF nor VHF. > > 3) Optionally, I might consider using the ANT-2 output of the > KPA-100 as the input for the XV-50 and the ANT-1 output for HF. > The danger in that is the possibility of pumping 100W of 14MHz of > RF into the XV-50.....wot's dat I smell? > > 4) I am considering taking the RX output of the XV-50 and running > it into the optional RX antenna input of the 160M option and > selecting EXT RX ANT when using the transverter. Good..bad..problems? > > The end result would be a nearly perfect cube of a radio covering > 160-6M with no external cabling. > > Any suggestions/opinions would be appreciated. > > - Tom K2TA > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
