[Elecraft] Transverting

[Don Wilhelm]

Ian,

The transverters cannot be directly connected to the K3 like they can on 
the K2.  There are signals in the K3 ACC connector that can be used if 
you want to be creative, but without that, the K3 can be connected to 
the transverters like a non-Elecraft transceiver.

In the future you may see an adapter from Elecraft that will interface 
directly between the K3 and the transverters, but if you want it right 
now, you will have to create your own.

By the way (and very important) the signals from the K2 to the 
transverter are *NOT* RS-232.  Look at the connector label on the K2 - 
it says "AUX I/O".  Just because it is a DE-9 connector and does contain 
2 signal lines (TXD and RXD) that can connect to a computer serial port 
does not make it an RS-232 connector - the signals that go to the 
transverter are unique K2 internal signals.

73,
Don W3FPR


Ian J Maude wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have the XV144 on my K2 and I wondered how it connects to the K3?  
> Obviously it uses the transverter interface but on the K2 it uses the 
> serial interface.  How does that work on the K3 with the XV3 interface?
>