[Elecraft] Remote tuning knob K3

[Jack Brindle]

I believe this to be a very good solution for those wanting to use the  
PowerMate. There is a very big problem that this setup solves -  
keeping the radio responses from PowerMate commands from getting back  
to non-compliant computer applications. There are many computer radio  
control apps, including some of the most popular contest apps, that  
behave very badly when presented with responses they don't request.  
The LP-Bridge acts like a firewall to keep those responses away from  
the unsuspecting programs, instead directing them back to the  
PowerMate interface application.

And, I agree with you about the PowerMate. I have the silver one. It  
works great. Griffin once in a while offers a really cool looking  
black one that would go quite well with the K3.

On May 8, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Patrick Skerrett wrote:

>  I believe there was a guy, Mike KE4U who has a beta plug-in app for
> the Powermate that worked with LP-Bridge instead of the PowerSDR
> software. I haven't tried it yet, but if I get ahold of it & get a
> chance to try it out, I"ll let you know how it goes. I think the point
> of it was to run in the background translating usb signals from the
> Powermate to LP-Bridge (and thus to the K3 serial port). You could  
> have
> it running then even if PowerSDR were not up.
>
> In any case the Powermate is a really really nice knob. It looks very
> sharp (it glows from the base via a neat LED) and has a really nice
> spin. It's relatively inexpensive and you don't have to build  
> anything.
>
> 73,
>
> W9PDS
>
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-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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