[Elecraft] KPA500 cables needed

[Bob Nielsen]

The FT-897 uses an 8-pin mini-Din for this purpose.  I recommend getting a prewired cable, cutting off one end and attaching a male RCA plug to the appropriate wires.  It's a lot easier than trying to solder wires to a mini-DIN.  I found this out when trying to rewire the microphone plug on a FT-430 many years ago.  Here's a suitable cable:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10215&cs_id=1021501&p_id=522&seq=1&format=2

Bob, N7XY

On Aug 9, 2011, at 6:10 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Randy,
>> 
>> Those posts are all looking for information about the KPA500 to K3 cable
>> - and that can be accommodated by purchasing the cable from Elecraft or
>> by building your own.
>> 
>> Your question involves a non-Elecraft transceiver, and those cables are
>> not sold by Elecraft - they might be in the future, but not at this
>> time.  You will either have to build one for your transceiver and KPA500
>> combo or have it built for you by someone who might volunteer.
>> 
>> 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
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