[Elecraft] Y-Adapter for K3S ACC - KPAK3AUX - KPA-1500

[Jim Miller]

VGA Y adapters will NOT work. They don't have a completely pin to pin thru
wiring.

Just get the Elecraft unit or shop carefully.

73

jim ab3cv

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Don Butler <n5lz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Tnx John …. I guess a better option might be to just buy a VGA Y-Adapter
> rather than make one up and have to do all that soldering …
>
> Don, N5LZ
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:16 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Y-Adapter for K3S ACC - KPAK3AUX - KPA-1500
>
> Yes a Y will work.  I have had a MicroHAM keyer, a Top Ten Band Decoder
> and a KPA500 all connected to the same ACC jack.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Don Butler n5lz at comcast.net
> Mon Feb 12 12:31:13 EST 2018
>
> I've been studying the manual while waiting for my new KPA-1500 to ship ...
> I see that the KPAK3AUX cable must run from AUX on the amp to ACC on the
> K3S.   In my case I already have a microHAM MK2R+ cable connected to the
> K3S
> ACC  (providing band data for switching bandpass filters).
> I'm thinking that I can build a Y-Adapter cable assembly with DB-15s  to
> run
> from the K3S ACC and split (1) to KPAK3AUX and on to the KPA-1500 AUX . and
> (2) to the MK2R+ ACC cable.
>
> Will that work?
>
> Will conflicts with KPA-1500 or MK2R+ be created?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don, N5LZ
>
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