[Elecraft] K3, KPA500, StepIRR, Navigator, PC cabling

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

No need for a red face, this stuff is not easy, so if you are not 
informed about RS-232 "stuff", it can be confusing.  Those of us who are 
informed are here to help with the education of the entire Elecraft ham 
community.

As far as your standoffs are concerned, try removing those from the 
connector - even if you end up with a bare connector without screws, you 
can use it for a while just by plugging it in.  If you have 1/4 inch 
long 4-40 screws around your workbench, you can permanently affix the 
"Y" cable to your K3 using two of those screws.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/24/2012 10:43 PM, James Meade wrote:
> Thanks to Don and David, who called me on the phone and got my head 
> straight.  I need to get an RS232 Y to make it all work.  The one I 
> have has posts on the male end that act as standoffs and won't let it 
> connect to the K3. Don's post and David's phone coaching got the rest 
> of the cables right. My face is red but my appreciation is full.
>
> Jim NO0B
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