[Elecraft] Re: What's wrong with Serial

[Nick Waterman]

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
> This discussion is boring:

Indeed.

> The radio is as the radio is- If you don't like the way your radio is,
> you can change the connectors to whatever you want, with a separate
> Murphy-proof connector for the AUX bus.  It would only take some trace
> cutting and wiring, as well as finding the space for another
> connector.

Simplest fix: Bend pin 4 in the male connector back and forth until it
snaps, and stuff a toothpick in hole 4 of the female connector. Your
special Elecraft cable will still fit, "normal" rs232 cables cannot
accidentally be plugged in - at least not easily.

Pin 4 is not used by any Elecraft accessories - they seem to have
decided that it was better to use AUXBUS rather than using the ALC line
for external power metering.

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