[Elecraft] K2 with external KPA-100/KAT-100 box possible ?

[Phil Wheeler]

It's been done.  Look at the KAT100-2 photos, etc. here:

http://www.elecraft.com/kat100/kat100_page.htm

73, Phil

Marcus Busch [DL1EKC] wrote:

>Dear Elecrafters,
>Dear Readers,
>
>I'm currently running my K2 #2206 with the options
>
>      - KBT2  - KAT2  - KSB2  - KIO2  - K160RX  - KAF2  - KNB2
>
>(the version with least air inside, I think :-)
>
>What I would like to do now (and some OMs in our local ham club, too) is 
>to build the KPA-100 and KAT-100 and combine these into the EC2 enclosure. 
>The idea is to keep the K2 in the above configuration for easy field use 
>and simply connect the "power/tuner box" to the unit at home with a piece 
>of coax and the control cable (to KIO2 Aux I/O). I plan to use (one of) 
>the normal BNC-output(s) of my K2 to feed the KPA-100 via an additional 
>RF-IN at the rear of the EC2 enclosure.
>
>Would this configuration be possible? I'm not sure, if the firmware is 
>able to handle this setup. Critical points may be:
>