[Elecraft] Made a DB15 cable to connect K3 + KAT500, but now Amp is disabled

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:38 PM, zl2ke <zl2ke.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
> << If you remove your new cable, does keying work? >>
>
> Thanks for the reply Iain.
> I just removed my cable from the K3's ACC socket and the amp works.
> (The cable/DB15 plug is still attached to the KAT500.)
>
> So what does this mean, and what to do now?

That seems to suggest that your custom cable is defective - maybe it's
shorting the keying line (pin 10) to something else and interfering
with the K3's key output.

Just to be sure .... you have *both* RCA cables in place through all
of these scenarios, right?

73,

    ~iain / N6ML