[Elecraft] Re: Favorite K2 Remote Program? (g4ilo@qsl.net)

[Julian, G4ILO]

When people first contacted me about using K2Net to access their radios 
over the net, I got a bit scared. Computers can crash. Software can 
crash. What do you do if your K2 is stuck in key down at 100W due to 
some malfunction and you're 40 miles away?

Although my software could technically be used to operate the radio from 
miles away I really wrote it originally so I could use my K2 from the 
garden via my wireless network on one of our all-too-few sunny days. I 
later added password protection for open access, because I thought that 
some K2 owners might put their radios online for others to access, just 
for fun or to hear what the bands sound like from another part of the 
world. That's why the program has an RX-only mode. You can allow TX too, 
but I wouldn't personally advise anyone to use it unless there is 
someone present in the shack.

73,
-- 
Julian, G4ILO
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.tech-pro.net/g4ilo

N2EY at aol.com wrote:

Hmmm...

I guess it comes down to interpretation as to whether an internet link 
meets
the above criteria adequately.

Literally, an internet link doesn't. But at least some would argue that the
security of password protection, encryption, etc., is at least as secure 
as a
telephone line with unlisted number.