[Elecraft] K3 serial to serial

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Details, details....    :>)   73, Guy.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:08 PM, <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:

> OK, yes, My TS-570 has a gender changer mounted on it's rear RS232 port.
>  My main response was to the fact that the wiring is the same, and I didn't
> consider gender.  However, the cable I used for the 570 is the same cable I
> use for the K3, minus the gender changer.
>
> ...bc  nr4c
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net>:
>
>  I'm not so sure...   My FT-1000 MP Cat connection has a male DB9
>> connection,
>> and the K3 has a female connection. If the MP's convention is "standard"
>> for
>> Yaesu rigs, then the FT2000 cord will not work. Serial cord connections on
>> PC's are male. The K3 requires a cord with male on one end and female on
>> the
>> other.  The MP requires a double female cord.  That fact made all the
>> cords
>> I had used with my MP directly unusable with the K3.
>>
>> If the FT2000 CAT connection on the back of the rig has pins, the cord
>> will
>> not work for the K3 as is.  An inexpensive male serial gender changer on
>> the
>> rig end will convert a double female.
>>
>> I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels
>> a
>> bit with me), and eventually bought new cords.
>>
>> 73, Guy.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
>>
>>  It should work fine.  I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
>>> serial cable.
>>>
>>> ...bill  nr4c
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Adriano <adriano.perazio at uol.com.br>:
>>>
>>> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/
>>> the
>>> k3?
>>> >
>>> > Tnx again
>>> > PY2ADR
>>> > K3 4795
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