[Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,3/20/2017 3:50 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Yes but almost all serial cables have DB9 connectors. Not many of us have
> spare round serial adapters laying around to try.

It's pretty easy to make a DB9 to 3.5mm serial cable. Wiring of the pins 
is in the manual for the Elecraft gear that uses it, so we can cut 
either a hi-fi cable that's laying around and solder it to a DB9, or cut 
a DB9 cable and solder it to a 3.5mm plug. I did the former. Works fine.

73, Jim K9YC