[Elecraft] Favorite K2 Remote Program?

[Jack Brindle]

On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:00 PM, Stewart Baker wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:39:22 -0500 (CDT), vze3v8dt at verizon.net wrote:
>> Now that I have the KIO2 installed I'm anxious to test it out.  I see  
>> quite a
>> long list of programs that provide support for the K2.
>
> To add to the list - if you like to contest try N1MM. It's free, and  
> I.M.H.O. is
> the best contest logging program around. Integration with the K2 is  
> perfect.

Be very careful with the N1MM software. It is revised very often, and  
not all of the upgrades are good. Last November I lost about two hours  
of operating time in the ARRL November Sweepstakes because of a bug in  
the version of the software I was running. It turns out that Tom had  
introduced a "feature" two revs earlier and backed it out three  
versions later. It didn't help me at the time.

The real story here is to always extensively test your setup,  
especially the computer software, before any contest to make sure you  
won't have troubles during the contest. In my case, the problem showed  
up six hours after the start of the contest, but I still should have  
done much more testing before then...

One other point. CW keying from N1MM logger requires the use of either  
a port output line (serial or parallel) or the K1EL keyer interface.  
The Elecraft / Kenwood KY facility is not supported despite requests to  
do so.

Still, it is very good software, and getting even more interesting with  
the now-in-test version 5.0.

- Jack Brindle, W6FB
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