[Elecraft] Re: KIO2 Required if you Remote the KPA100?

[Wallace, Andy]

>-----Original Message-----
> From: Don Brown [mailto:DolfinDon@msn.com]
> 
> It is possible to make a cable that plugs into the control 
> board directly to
> a 9 pin connector on the back of the K2 but you will need to 
> duplicate the
> filtering in the KIO2 on the pins of the 9 pin D connector to 
> keep RF off of
> the AUX BUSS and other control lines. You will need to come 
> up with your own
> source of parts and connectors to make this cable and of 
> course this will
> not supply any RS232 signals.

I would love to see a diagram of this -- even chicken scratches
on a napkin. 

As I mentioned to Don earlier, if I buy the K2 I plan to use it as
a home station, so portability is not paramount. Therefore, I would
probably order the K2 to begin with, and add the KPA100 later on,
and mount it in the K2 cover rather than remotely. However, I would
rather buy the KAT100 tuner NOW, and use it with the QRP K2, since I
will use the tuner with the KPA100 later on. 

My point is that it would be GREAT if Elecraft could come up with 
a small kit for just such an interface -- running the KAT100 from the
low power K2, rather than having to spend $89 on a KIO2 and resell it
once I buy the KPA100 (which has the circuitry). 

I am sure others have a similar desire. 

-Andy