[Elecraft] Decoder for use with K3 and PW-1

[Tom Hammond]

Hi George:

UNfortunately, if you look at the SCHEMATIC of the PW-1, you will see that the
stepped band/data voltage (paraphrasing one of my daughters) "goes in 
one ear and right out the other), and is NEVER TOUCHED (internally) 
by the PW-1 as is passes from one ACC connector to the other...

I can (I believe) still provide a copy of the relative portions of 
the PW-1 schematic if you wish to review it.  Can't include it here 
due to reflector restrictions on attachments, etc.

It appears that the ONLY way to get the PW-1 to actually ACT upon the 
K3's band data is to be able to convert it from (K3) BCD to PW-1 CI-V format.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS

At 10:10 09/10/2009, gdaught6 at stanford.edu wrote:
>Joe wrote...
>
> > Unfortunately the PW-1 will only work with Icom serial
> > (CI-V) data.  It does not respond to the old stepped
> > DC voltage like the 2-KL and 4-KL.
>
>If one takes a look at the manual for the PW-1, it apparently has 
>provision for the
>"old stepped DC voltage" as well as for the CI-V.  Both the ACC-1 and ACC-2
>connectors have a band data signal.  But maybe it doesn't work for 
>some reason[??]
>
>73,
>
>  George T Daughters, K6GT
>CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
>October 3-4, 2009
>
>
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