[Elecraft] KPA3 / KAT500 Remote Question

[Peter]

Or you can use an RS232 to RS442 level convertor to a distance up 1.200 
meters

Peter
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Joel Black schreef:
> 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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