[Elecraft] K3, 15 Pin Acc Cables - Commercially Made

[Andrew Faber]

Don,
  For the benefit of Bay Area locals, I also found such a cable at my local 
Fry's Computer Store.  It was necessary, because one of the band output 
signals is on pin 9, which is normally not present on the VGA cables.  I cut 
the other connector off the cable and wired up a special one to fit my 
TopTen Yaesu band decoder (which works fine, BTW, with the K3).
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Nesbitt" <drnesbitt at bellsouth.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:36 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3, 15 Pin Acc Cables - Commercially Made


> I've found two (2) "ready made" cables that may be of interest to K3 
> owners
> when using the ACC Socket.  The ACC socket is referred to on page 18 of my
> manual as "AUX I/O" with the caution that this is NOT a VGA video 
> connector!
> Well, it sure looks like a VGA connector but alas, no video output from 
> the
> K3 - shucks!
>
> For those who just don't want to fabricate a cable, most commercially
> available VGA cables do not include the #9 pin and for some that do, the 
> pin
> is not connected to anything. Poo!
>
> Fully connected commercial cables found!
>
> The first is a VGA Splitter Cable ("Y" cable) with one male and 2 female
> ends.  It is offered by Cables Unlimited (www.cablesunlimited.com) and is
> their part number PCM-2250.  Search this part number on their site.  It is
> listed on their site for $14.99.  All 15 pins are present and connected.
>
> This "Y" cable is carried by my local Microcenter (www.microcenter.com) 
> and
> is their part number 028126.  I bought it for $9.95.  You can see it at:
>
> http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?keyword=028126&submit
> .x=17&submit.y=12
>
> The second cable is a "Fully-Wired & Straight Thru, HD15MM" cable with all
> 15 pins present and connected.  The one I bought is a 3 foot Male to Male
> (although it is also available in other configurations) - no snickering!
>
> It is made by QVS (www.qvs.com) and is their part number CC388B-03.  You 
> can
> search this part number on their site.  I don't believe that QVS sells
> directly to consumers but you can probably find their products at most
> computer stores.
>
> Again, I found it at my local Microcenter.  It is their part number 
> 810150.
> I bought it for $14.99.  You can see it at:
>
> http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?keyword=810150&submit
> .x=15&submit.y=9
>
> I've checked each of these cables and they do indeed have all 15 pins
> connected - at least the one's I bought do (caveat filed just in case they
> change their manufacturing process)!
>
> I don't have any financial interest in any of the above and, as usual, 
> YMMV.
> '73 es gud dxing -- Don N4HH K3 #83
>
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