[Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K-Pod Control Panel for K3S and K3 Transceivers

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

"Simple" you say. Is this another one of those SMD nightmares? :)

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> The mod is very simple, involving soldering one resistor onto the front panel board.
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> Wayne
> N6KR
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> On Apr 15, 2016, at 6:31 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
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>> I think that most contest station use a considerable amount of cables in
>> back of the rig. I have a Y on my ACC for a MicroHAM device and a Band
>> Decoder and am considering adding another Y for amp control. It think that
>> it is great if the K-Pod can be run off of a single cable connected
>> underneath the K3S. How involved is the radio modification? I can see this
>> as a convenient way to use RIT and activate the CW/SSB keyer memories.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>> Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com
>> Thu Apr 14 20:38:13 EDT 2016
>> message: [Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K-Pod
>>
>> Done. For most applications, a single USB cable to the radio (K3S, or a K3
>> with a KIO3B module) is all that's required for combined computer data and
>> audio.
>>
>> We provide lots of other DC, audio, and digital I/O too, just in case you
>> need it. For example, we provide a second headphone jack, second mic jack,
>> and stereo speaker outputs on the back. Just in case.
>>
>> No way to get rid of the DC input jack, antenna jack, and ground screw, of
>> course.
>>
>> I suppose the keyer paddle could go to Bluetooth?

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