[Elecraft] Favor to ask...

[Tom Althoff]

I just finished the resistance check on my new KAT-100 and all looks ok.   It was a fun project to put together.   Winding those large toroids is a breeze compared to those in the K2 or KPA-100.

I am going ahead with my K2+1 (=K3?) where the KAT-100 will be an integral part of my K2/100.  

I removed the feet and bail from the K2 and had to drill two holes in the bottom/rear panel of the K2 to mount a pair of 2D connectors so I can mate one-to-one with the KAT-100.

I bought one of those cooling fans used in the KPA-100 (a bit pricey at $22.00 each!) and will be mounting it in the KAT-100 to blow across the bottom of the K2 output transistors (and eventually up out of the KPA-100 heat sink).   I will be enlarging the hole where the DB-9 connector would have been if I had installed it in the KAT-100 and that's where the fan will be mounted.

Instead of externally feeding the Elecraft bus signals via the DB-9 I want to tie into P4 of the KAT-100 circuit board and run a ribbon cable up to the control panel and KPA-100 header connectors.

HERE'S THE REQUEST FOR THE FAVOR (took long enough to get here...thanks for reading)...

Is there anyone on the Elecraft list who can fabricate a ribbon cable with the 10 pin female connectors to connect the Control panel of the K2 with P4 in the KAT-100 and the header in the KPA-100?    I would need 4 inches between the 1st and 2nd connector and another 6 inches to the last connector.

I'll post pics when this gets done in case anyone else wants to butcher their radio too.   I think it looks pretty good...certainly unique.

Anyone out there with a Blue Max crimp kit?

73 de Tom K2TA
K2 #1117