[Elecraft] Re: K2 Remote/Server

[Larry Phipps]

Hi Jamie, it's true for almost any control/logging/RTTY program. Depending on the latency of the connection, you may have to tweak the operating mode if the program requires a response from any command given before it will issue another command. TRX allows you to run in two different modes, one which requires a response and one which doesn't. Also, the protocol in some ways determnines this... Icom works totally differently than Kenwood/K2 for instance.

I have used wifi between my laptop and the basement rig, ISDN to a remote location and DSL over the internet. All work OK. I do cw keying with audio tone keying, so that I can use a hand keyer, but this requires a clean connection... same with PSK. You can also key one of the handshaking pins on a serial port and connect it to the key input through a relay. 

For the far away remote I used ISDN for audio... for the basement rig I use a hardwired audio connection, but you could use something like FRS band xcvrs to make it more portable. The beauty of the system is that ALL the software resides at the home computer. The remote equipment is controlled locally as though it were sitting next to you... it's like having a VERY long serial control cable.

Larry N8LP




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