[Elecraft] Microham cabling

[Greg - AB7R]

Thanks for the heads up Mike!!!  I just got the K3R cable and was going to be doing the same thing for 
the AuxBus line.  I guess MH did this to help keep the wires from breaking of the connector but you are 
100% correct, it makes access to the other connections impossible without completely redoing the 
connector with a new one.
Doing it this way was a bad move IMHO.  I may just replace them connector with RCAs and use my LDG 
breakout box.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Fri Feb 27 10:20 , "W0MU Mike Fatchett"  sent:

>I have a couple of Microham cables that go from the K3's to the MK2R+.  I am
>getting setup to run SO2R and was in the process or hooking up my bandpass
>filters and the 6m pre-amp which uses a pin on the accessory port.
>
>I took apart the Microham accessory connector and was going to solder on the
>connections I needed for my band decoder and the connection for the 6m
>preamp.
>
>Once I got the connector apart, I found they have filled the inside with a
>white semi-solid compound.  The compound does not seem to come off very
>easily.  While I am sure this material probably makes the cable better it
>sure makes if very difficult for those of us wishing to use the other
>features of the accessory connector on the K3.
>
>I haven't decided if it will be easier to cut off the connector and start
>over or try to cut away the white stuff with an exacto knife.
>
>A nice value add would have been to bring out the unused connections in a
>cable for those other uses.
>
>Just a heads up for others that might have been going down this path.
>
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