[Elecraft] WRONG SERIAL CABLE - If you've done this please reply

Mon Dec 22 08:49:01 2003

I did this and literally distroyed my K2. I still don't have it working and
have bought another rig because of it. This is a serious issue and needs to
be addressed by Elecraft. Eventually I'll get my K2 running again but I have
really lost a lot of "love" for my K2. So far, I've replaced U1, U4 Q12 & U3
on the KPA/100 and the MCU on the K2. Mine was an accident, I was swapping
cables between a PDA and the KAT100 while I was writing a program to control
the K2 via a PDA and I just grabbed the wrong one.
Roy Vickers
KF5YU
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:56 AM
To: Elecraft List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WRONG SERIAL CABLE - If you've done this please
reply

A bit of a lo-tech solution, but why not just put a sticker by the serial
connector that says "WARNING: Use only a K2 serial cable" ? I think I'll do
that myself right now, as a precaution against absent-mindedness in years
to come.

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

Vic Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote:

I didn't do it, but I came THIS close!  When I built the KPA100 I
actually had a computer-type RS232 cable plugged in, but something made
me read the manual before turning it on.

I am sure W & E agonized about this, but considering that these K2s will
last a long time and be in hands other than those of the original
builder, I think that a different connector than the DB9 (perhaps some
kind of DIN connector) should be used.

--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco

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