[Elecraft] RE: RJ45 Older Rigblaste Mystery Solvedr

[Lynn and Les]

Thanks Mike and others that answered my direct e-mail queries,

Well, the problem with connecting the RJ45 Rigblaster to the K-2 has been
solved, and I had several PSK and RTTY contacts to HP8 and VY5 today using
the Rigblaster.

After I changed the Rigblaster jumpers for the Kenwood mike family, I traced
schematics of the Rigblaster and K2 front panel (i.e., mike coneector) and
convinced myself that the setup had to work. I then compared the wire colors
at the modular jack of the original Rigblaster supplied RJ45 cable with the
one that I grabbed out of the junk box. The wire colors of the RJ 45 junk
box cable were exactly opposite of the Rigblaster cable. I was actually
grounding the PTT and mike AF signal at the K2 mike connector. I quickly
changed the wires at pins 1,2,7, and 8 of the K-2 mike connector, and I was
on the air. "Cockpit error" strikes again!!

S/N4751 is now on the air on CW, SSB, PKK and RTTY. SSTV is next.

73 and tnx agn,

Les WA3SGZ