[Elecraft] KPA500 cables needed

[Don Wilhelm]

Yaesu seems to do each transceiver model a bit differently, so a cable 
that will work with one Yaesu, may not work with another, even if the 
connector physically fits.

What more can I say than - know the characteristics and pinout of 
whatever you are connecting to the KPA500.  It can work, but there is 
not a universal cable for all.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/9/2011 9:10 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> You *can* operate with your transceiver without the cable.  Just connect
> the KPA500 to your transceiver and connect a Key-out (transceiver) cable
> to the KPA500 key-in.  The KPA500 will quickly detect the band and
> switch accordingly.
> ... except the FT897D probably doesn't have a convenient "key out"
> jack - it's probably a pin on a mini-DIN connector, hence the need for
> a special (fiddly to make) cable.
>
>      ~iain / N6ML
>