Oh. When I said missing pins, I really mean missing continuity in the cable. There may be pins showing, but not connected internally in the cable.
Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) On Dec 20, 2012, at 8:59 PM, "hawley, charles j jr" <[email protected]> wrote: > The cable they supply is missing pins 1, 4, 6, 7, and 8 on purpose. The band > data however is on pins 3, 9, 13, and 14. If you have continuity on those > pins, then I guess the KPA should follow the KAT (which follows the K3). Page > 19 of the KPA manual shows the required cable (so you could home brew one). > It's also shown on page 8 of the KAT manual. > > Sent from my iPad > Chuck, KE9UW > (Jack for BMW motorcycles) > > On Dec 20, 2012, at 8:25 PM, "eric norris" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I have two cables. One goes from the k3 to the kat500. one goes from the > kat500 to the kpa500. > > Before getting the kat500, I had an elecraft cable going from the k3 to the > kpa500. I moved that one to the kat 500. It is not missing pins. The cable I > got for the kat500 to the kpa500 is missing pins. Are you saying it is > supposed to be missing pins? In that case, its back to square one. > > 73, > > Eric WD6DBM > > > ________________________________ > From: hawley, charles j jr > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > To: eric norris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 band change mystery SOLVED > Sent: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 2:15:58 AM > > Do you mean that the cable was missing 4 pins in addition to the 5 pins that > it normally does not have? > > Sent from my iPad > Chuck, KE9UW > (Jack for BMW motorcycles) > > On Dec 20, 2012, at 7:51 PM, "eric norris" > <[email protected]<javascript:return>> wrote: > >> Thanks to Jack Brindle's quick response from Elecraft, the mystery has been >> solved. The cable from the KAT500 to the KPA500 is missing 4 pins. >> >> 73, >> >> Eric WD6DBM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected]<javascript:return> >> >> 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
