[Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit

[Greg]

Andy,

All the small connectors on the rear panel are 3.5mm.

Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Faber [mailto:andrew.faber at gte.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:05 PM
To: ab7r at cablespeed.com; 'G3SJJ'
Cc: Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit


Greg,
  I don't know. I took them out of the connector box that I have.  I assume
they are 1/8 inch.  Doing some quick math says that if plugs are exactly
3.5mm, they would be a little thicker.
  Are you saying that the K3 using metric jacks?
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg - AB7R" <ab7r at cablespeed.com>
To: "'G3SJJ'" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>; "'Andrew Faber'"
<andrew.faber at gte.net>
Cc: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit


Only issue is that the Mic and Headphone jacks on the back
>are pretty frail and don't make very positive contact sometimes.

Andy,  Are you using 1/8-in plugs or 3.5mm?

-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
K3#0009

On Tue Jan 29 15:07 , "Andrew Faber"  sent:

>Chris,
> Good luck with it.  I have the TT Decoder powered by an independent 12
> volt
>source.  It has internal pull-up resistors, so there appears to be no
>connection needed other than the ones I mentioned.  It took me a bunch of
>trial and error time to figure this out.  Let us know how it works.
>  I emailed N3RD a while ago to let them know.  Dave said he had a K3 on
>order, and that they did intend to offer K3 cables.  I made up a "generic"
>cable from my TT DX Doubler to the K3, and that seems to work well also.
>It's nice to use inputs all on the back of the K3, so there are no cables
>to
>the front panel.  Only issue is that the Mic and Headphone jacks on the
>back
>are pretty frail and don't make very positive contact sometimes.
>  73, andy, ae6y
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "G3SJJ" g3sjj at btinternet.com>
>Cc: "Elecraft" elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit
>
>
>> Oh thanks for that Andy. I'll get it wired up in the morning with
>> confidence then! I know that Dave N3RD (of Top Ten) and Sig N3RS are
>> eagerly awaiting their K3s and will also be interested.
>>
>> 73 Chris G3SJJ
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Faber wrote:
>>> Chris,
>>>  I have my K3 hooked up to a Top Ten Yaesu decoder, and it seems to work
>>> fine.  You need to connect 5 wires: the four BCD outputs and ground.
>>> Once I figured out the pin numbering it was straightforward  (Pins on
>>> the
>>> ACC jack are numbered 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 from right to left and top to
>>> bottom, looking at the radio from the back).
>>>  73, andy, ae6y
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "G3SJJ" g3sjj at btinternet.com>
>>> To: "Elecraft" elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:46 AM
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] Band decoder and Tx Inhibit
>>>
>>>
>>>> I wondered if any has connected up a TT Band Decoder to the ACC socket
>>>> yet. I am just about to make up a suitable cable. Also theer was some
>>>> discussion somewhile back about TX Inhibit for connecting to amps.
>>>> Anyone done this. I see it needs an external +5v source.
>>>>
>>>> On my FT1kMP use the band data out socket f for my TT Decoder and pick
>>>> up +12v from there, also amp relay switching. Would have been nice on
>>>> the K3!
>>>>
>>>> Chris G3SJJ
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