[Elecraft] KPA3 / KAT500 Remote Question

[Joel Black]

John,

RS232 has a reliability issue past 50'.  I have seen it work up to 60' 
with DDS circuits using CAT5 as the conductor and RJ45-to-DB9 / DB25 
connectors.  After that, all bets are off.

BTW, this is not anecdotal, this is my experience in the real world.

73,
Joel - W4JBB


On 5/26/2012 2:55 PM, WB9JPH wrote:
> Question . . . .
>
> My station is in a 2nd floor loft.
>
> The antenna coax cables come into the basement utility room and then up behind the plasterboard walls to my shack.
>
> Will I be able to put the KAT 500 and KPA 3 in the basement utility room and control them by snaking an RS232 cable from the shack to the utility room through the PVC pipe that contains my coax?
>
> If this will work are there any special considerations I need to be aware of?
>
> 73
> John
>
>
>
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