[Elecraft] KPA-500 cabling

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> On 6/10/2011 1:50 PM, Dale wrote:
>> In the KPA-500 manual it states that a common VGA cable should not
>> be used, apart from the obvious pinout configuration is there any
>> other reason why not?
>
> Pin-out is a very good reason -- many (most?) VGA cables do not have all
> pins connected.

Further; many of them have the pins that are not used for VGA shorted
to the shield at both ends, so even if they pass a continuity test
from end-to-end, they won't work very well ;)

    ~iain / N6ML