Re[Elecraft] ccomended KXV3 wiring

Phil & Debbie Salas dpsalas at tx.rr.com
Tue Mar 25 11:36:50 EST 2008


The SVGA Y-adapter I found at Fry's Electronics had all 15 pins wired straight across.  MAybe I was just lucky.

Phil - AD5X

"Brian Alsop wrote:
>Be careful.  Most VGA cables are missing wire connections to various 
>pins.  For example pins 4 and 11 are almost always missing.  Pin 9 
>sometimes. I have one cable that has only 9 wires.  These are not 
>unimportant pins to many of us.  The fact that all pins are sometimes 
>present in the connector, doesn't mean the wires are there.
>
>Check out any cable you get with an ohmmeter to make sure the lines you 
>want are present.
>

There are many ground return connections in the standard SVGA pinout, so 
some of those "wires" may actually be shields. They might also be 
connected together.

This is looking less and less like a good idea..."




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