[Elecraft] KPA500 - KPA-500 and the KPAK3AUX Cable - lessons learned

[N6MQL]

Pete,

If you like, I can make you up some professionally made, Molded Double Shielded (braid&  foil) Dual Ferrite cables of almost ANY common (3', 6', 10' 25' etc) length to suite your shack configuration.  If you've already resolved the problem, and are happy with where your equipment is placed, than I will be happy to extend (no pun intended) the opportunity to anyone else that's interested in buying a longer KPAK3AUX cable (with or without the Y adapter for SteppIR Boxes etc).  Feel free to Email me off the reflector for more information.  73,
Michael Aretsky
N6MQL
n6mql at arrl.net

"I know the instructions for the KPA-500 say not to use a standard SVGA
cable.  The special KPAK3AUX cable is the way to go.  But that cable is too
short for the arrangement I had for my station so I thought I could use a
standard SVGA expansion cable (female connector on one end, male on the
other).
What I didn't fully digest is that the wiring is incompatible!  I thought
the difference was merely the removal of a few pins from a standard SVGA
cable.
Nope, that doesn't work!  So if your station requires a longer cable than
the KPAK3AUX you can either purchase two cables and put them in series or
you can make up your own.  Don't use a standard SVGA cable at all.
In my case, I just rearranged the equipment.

Pete, W1RM"