[Elecraft] Configuring a K3 for the PR6-10

[Cady, Fred]

Doesn't sound like Ed has the pin 11 problem.  What that does is to keep the PR6/10 ON even though you have turned DIGOUT1 off for a band.
But when he finds out what the current problem is he will still probably have the pin 11 problem.  The adapter to get to clip the pin 11 is a DE15HD Port Saver, not a gender change.  

Ed, on the PR6, do you have it powered up?  I power mine from the K3 12 output.  

The other thing to check is that you have the SUB connected to the MAIN antenna and not the AUX.  Turn SUB on and hold RX to see MAIN and not AUX.


Cheers,
Fred KE7X
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Elliott Lawrence
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:58 PM
> To: Mike K2MK
> Cc: Elecraft List
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Configuring a K3 for the PR6-10
> 
> I would suggest that you get the appropriate male-female gender changer
> cable, remove pin 11 from that part and install it in series with the
> KPA500 cable.  Keeps the original cable intact.
> 73
> Elliott WA6TLA
> 
> On Jun 15, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Mike K2MK <k2mk at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ted,
> >
> > If you are using a KPA500 and a PR6 you will have to remove pin 11
> > from the cable that goes to the KPA500. It has popped up on this
> > reflector once or twice but it is not mentioned in either the PR6 or
> the KPA500 instructions.
> > If you wonder if this will work just pull the 15 pin cable off of the
> > KPA500 and you'll see that the PR6 works as you would expect it to
> work.
> >
> > 73,
> > Mike K2MK
> >
> >
> > Dauer, Edward wrote
> >> I need to ask for help configuring a PR6-10 on the K3.  Installed
> OK,
> >> removed the internal jumper per instructions and am using the
> control
> >> line on a Y splitter to allow the KPA and KAT to connect to the K3
> as well.
> >> Physically, all seems fine, and the K3, P3, KPA and KAT work just as
> >> they always did.
> >>
> >> Then to operate the pre-amp I configured digout1 to ³on² for 28 Mhz
> >> on the K3, per instructions.  OK so far.
> >>
> >>
> >> The PR6-10 manual says ³Tap RX ANT to enable preamplifier.²  When I
> >> do so the noise level goes way down and the signals disappear, as if
> there were
> >> no antenna connected to the receiver.   Removing the power plug from
> the
> >> preamp made no difference in either mode ­ RX ANT on or off.
> >>
> >>
> >> I recall when building the K3 that there were elections to be made
> >> about antenna configurations when installing the sub receiver and/or
> >> the KXV3.  I also remember that there are a myriad of ways the
> >> antennas can be routed via the configuration menus.  I have a
> feeling
> >> that the elections and internal configurations I originally made in
> >> the K3 are not compatible with getting the PR6-10 to work simply by
> >> pressing RX ANT, but I can¹t reason my way through it all.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ted, KN1CBR
> >
> >
> >
> >
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