[Elecraft] serial cable connected to the K2 by accident

[Dr. Werner Furlan]

hi David, 

On 30 May 2007 at 22:27, David Woolley wrote:

> > What normally happens is that you blow the auxbus, and end up with a
> > dead radio. Since yours still works, you probably got away with it.
> > Perhaps there was nothing connected to that pin on your cable.
> 
> That sounds like an accident waiting to happen!

>From Don I got the advice to key the female DB9 connector at Pin 4 - not 
used on the K2. (I put a short piece of thin plastic into the hole and fixed it 
with super glue)
That's what I did. I had to remove Pin 4 on the male DB9 serial cable with 
only Pin 2,3 and 5 wired.

By the way, tonight the serial com2 on my PC died - that's worse because 
there is no chance to repair the mainboard. (this was just coincidental, I did 
not connect anything wrong to this comport.)

73! de Werner
OE9FWV




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