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

[Wayne Burdick]

You need to solder one end of an 1/8th-watt resistor to an SMD, and the other end to a via nearby.

Or you could send it to us to do the work. Or you could power the pod from the radio's 12-V output, or a separate 12-V supply. Powering it from the radio one way or the other is a good idea since the pod itself doesn't have an on-off switch. (It does have an ON indicator LED.)

Wayne
N6KR


On Apr 15, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd at twofifty.com> wrote:

> "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.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 15, 2016, at 6:31 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>> 
>>> 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?
> 
> -- 
> Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd at twofifty.com
> BSEE + BSChem + BAEnglish + MSCS + $2.50 = coffee