[Elecraft] PX3 Question

[Joel Black]

I don’t know if he reads this mail list or not, but K3WWP has a pretty slick KX3/PX3 setup:

http://home.windstream.net/johnshan/pix_shack_1014.jpg <http://home.windstream.net/johnshan/pix_shack_1014.jpg>

73,
Joel - W4JBB


> On Dec 10, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As others have said, the IQ connecting cable is very short. Although you
> can place the PX3 to the left of the KX3, it ends up as quite a long pair,
> especially if any of your KX3 connectors are straight instead of
> right-angle. I've found it both neater and more ergonomic to place the PX3
> just above the KX3. I use a wire-frame reading stand to hold the KX3 and
> it's just tall enough to let me balance the PX3 on top of the KX3. However,
> it's not as secure as I'd like and involves metal-to-metal contact between
> the two boxes so I intend to buy or build a slightly larger stand, perhaps
> with a "mini-shelf" between the two boxes. The advantage of vertical
> adjacency instead of horizontal, to my thinking, is a smaller footprint on
> the desk and less eye motion between the PX3 and the KX3 displays.
> 
> 73,
> 
> /Rick N6XI
> 
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:20 PM, stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm just a click away from ordering a PX3, and I've perused the FAQs and
>> online manual but still have a question that some PX3 owner on this list
>> should be able to answer for me:
>> 
>> 
>> How far away from (and to the left of) the KX3 can I place the PX3?
>> 
>> 
>> I didn't see any cable lengths given, just a warning not to make the
>> connecting cables longer.  I  need this information to figure out how wide
>> I can build my new "ramp" to hold them. While most of the connectors on the
>> KX3 are space saving right angles, I still have straight connectors on my
>> headset and outboard keyer and I don't want to change them ( I have my
>> reasons...)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks and 73,
>> Stan WB2LQF
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> Rick Tavan N6XI
> Truckee, CA
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