[Elecraft] [K3] [P3] IF Out / IF In Cable

[Vic K2VCO]

Just try one of the non-50-ohm cables and see if it works. My guess is that it will, but 
nothing will explode if it doesn't!

On 9/15/2012 3:18 PM, Joel Black wrote:
> I purchased my P3 second-hand.  I have always wondered why the IF Out to
> IF In cable was so blasted short.  I mean, it's only about 12.5" long.
> With that length, my P3 sits on the left of my K3. That would be the
> handle side of the K3.  I never could understand why that was.  Well, I
> think I have figured it out - it's not the correct cable...  Okay,
> that's fine.
>
> I have some spare cables lying around and thought I'd give them a
> whirl.  Well, they're not 50ohm cables.  One is labeled "Tensolite Style
> 1354."  That is a 93ohm cable (I have no idea where I picked that up).
> The other is RG59.  I know that is 75ohm cable.  It came out of an old
> analog m/w shot from the RF shelf to the BB shelf.  In my thinking
> (which is wrong a lot of times), either should be okay. I just want my
> P3 on the right of the K3 to satisfy my OCDness...
>
> I know I'm asking for it, but what do y'all think?
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB



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