[Elecraft] United Microsystems BCD-14

[Jim Stahl via Elecraft]

I bought two of these at Dayton to interface a K3 to a six position  coax 
relay/switch.
 
Works fine. Two notes:
 
1. I've heard that chopping off an end of a VGA cable to go to the K3 may  
not work, as some VGA cables are missing certain wires that are needed for 
the  K3 interface. I was able to find a naked VGA connector to use with four  
conductor plus shield wire.
 
2. I had hoped to mount the BCD-14 in a plastic project box,  4x2x1 
roughly. But the board is about 2.25" x 2.5", so it won't fit in such  boxes. 
Apparently it was intended for the larger, older style aluminum  miniboxes. Not 
having one of those in stock, I used mounting tape to stick it to  the top 
side of the coax relay switch. 
 
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/4/2014 1:40:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com writes:

On  6/4/2014 2:55 AM, ray.fallen wrote:
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