[Elecraft] K3: Remote Control Questions

[Richard Thorne]

After listening to the BS7H pile on 20m's today I was reminded that the 
receiver in my 480 is not all that great.  Even with the 500hz crystal 
filter installed, there were all kinds of artifacts from strong stations 
transmitting up a few khz.  So the K3 has grabbed my attention.  A 
couple of questions that are key to remote operations:

1 - I understand that if I short two pins from the ACC connector on the 
back I can turn the rig on/off.  When shorting those two pins is it 
momentary or constant.  IE if I can turn a relay on and off remotely 
will that relay need to stay engaged to keep the rig on?  A little more 
info would be helpful.  I would rather the rig could be turned on with a 
software command or the wake on serial suggestion made earlier.

2 - I use the sound card on my pc to send receive audio over the 
internet.  Can I send ssb via the pc mono in on the back of the rig.  I 
would assume so since psk is done in ssb.

Rich - N5ZC