[Elecraft] Lightning concerns: Was: K4 Remote: My QTH vs. a friend's, many miles to the north

[Jorge Diez - CX6VM]

Thank you very much Peter

I was not going to reply anymore since I had received the order not to
continue with this thread, but your email reflects exactly what I wanted to
say in my first email

thank you!

73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W

El dom, 5 may 2024 a las 23:21, Peter Hall (<P.Hall at curtin.edu.au>)
escribió:

> Hello Jorge,
>
> Thanks for an interesting thread, which elicited some good technical
> replies as well as some undeserved and rather haughty tut-tutting,
> presumably about valuable mail column-cm: the remedy for the latter is, of
> course, the delete button - a facility with which any reader of this mailer
> is well-practiced at using.
>
> I get the point you're making and have considerable sympathy for it: in a
> highly connected, and possibly remote, environment is it desirable for a
> manufacturer to do better than baseline digital I/O protection, especially
> as manufacturers themselves tout the remote connectivity as a selling
> point? I think it is, and I appreciate that you're not asking for magic:
> e.g, for primary lightning protection.  Any increased port robustness,
> including galvanic isolation, is worth thinking about and - most
> importantly - so is bench and field serviceability.  The all-too-common
> madness of entry-level ports on a dense motherboard is well worth avoiding!
>
> You mention the KPA1500 and I'm also a rather far-flung user of this PA.
> I can, and do, re-invent as many wheels as I need to in order to run safely
> a local and remote station but the KPA1500 service situation is egregious:
> no schematic and not even a decent block diagram to show port internal
> connectivity etc.
>
> Anyway, thanks again for the topic and the opportunity to register a vote
> for more robust I/O design, better serviceability and improved
> documentation.  I hope your challenges are behind you soon!
>
> 73, Peter (VK6HP)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Jorge Diez - CX6VM
> Sent: Monday, 6 May 2024 1:42 AM
> To: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com>
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Lightning concerns: Was: K4 Remote: My QTH vs. a
> friend's, many miles to the north
>
> hello
>
> To finish with this topic, I was just wondering if a device that is
> intended for use in remote stations, always connected and in some cases
> with no one to disconnect during storms, could not have a better USB
> connector, for example
>
> If he tells me it can't be done, fine, my question has been answered and
> thank you very much.
>
> time to move on to other virtues of Elecraft
>
> 73,
> Jorge
> CX6VM/CW5W
>
>
>

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73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W