[Elecraft] KPA1500 LOW GAIN FAULT

[David Wilcox]

Just an interesting aside.

Last night at the radio club meeting the guys were checking out a Yaesu controller box that will operate the az/el rotor for an ARISS contact this June from our local library.  No one could get it to work until someone brought in another connecting cable (I think it was a db 9 pin USB cable).  Voila!  It works.  

Just lurking on the Elecraft site I see many problems are connected to the incorrect cable or a faulty cable. 

Take away:  don’t throw away those cables you have been collecting over the years.  I have fixed a few problems over the years by trying a different cable.

David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad

> On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:35 PM, Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know if you're talking about what I do, Bob, but I guess I should
> have said that I do that with the outdoor connectors, where they might
> encounter weather. Indoor connectors are just snugged down tight enough
> that they don't wiggle loose, since I disconnect them whenever lightning is
> in the area.
> 
> Gwen, NG3P
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:18 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> A good approach for those PL-259 connectors outside or exposed to the
>> weather.   For those inside, that's a might bit aggressive. I just
>> prefer to snug them tight, a bit more than hand tight, using some small
>> channel lock pliers.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Bob, K4TAX
>> 
>>> On 4/30/2019 5:54 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>>> I started using a corrosion-inhibiting lube on my PL-259s, and
>> religiously
>>> sealing them with Coax-Seal. I tighten them very tightly as well. Since I
>>> started doing that, I have no odd failures or intermittent connections in
>>> my feedlines.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Gwen, NG3P
>>> 
>> 
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