[Elecraft] Product suggestion - Remote Panel for the K3

[juergen]

Hi Toby

A company called Glentech Corporation makes a controller that you might find useful.

see: www.glentekcorp.com

There is a short takes review in QST Feb 2010 page 58.

73
John

--- On Thu, 2/18/10, dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de> wrote:

> From: dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Product suggestion - Remote Panel for the K3
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: n6kr at elecraft.com
> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 2:53 AM
> Hi,
> 
> as a cliff dweller in a large German city, with no chance
> of putting  
> up my own antennas, according to the landlord, I am looking
> into  
> possibilities of setting up a remote controlled station via
> the  
> Internet using my K3.
> 
> Unfortunately, the front panel of the K3 is not easily
> detachable.
> 
> I would like to suggest that Elecraft might want look in to
> the  
> feasibility of offering a remoting box for the K3 with a K3
> like front  
> panel, which (together with interface equipment such as the
> Remoterig  
> RRC-1258MkII) would offer complete, low latency control of
> the K3.  
> Possibly such a box could also offer optional control of
> rotors,  
> transverters, antenna switching, PAs, etc.
> 
> I know at least one one OM, a contester, here in DL, who is
> using the  
> RRC-1258MkII hardware the together with the detachable
> front of the  
> Kenwood TS-480 via the Internet (ADSL) to control his day
> to day  
> station. I haven't tried it out yet, but his experience
> appears to be  
> surprisingly positive. The separate front panel is a really
> neat  
> solution for this type of usage. Afaik, Remoterig uses a
> hardware  
> codec, offering very low audio latency and a network
> latency jitter  
> correction for CW keying. I don't know how well know the
> remote  
> control system RRC-1258MkII is in the States, but there is
> a lot of  
> information here <http://www.remoterig.com/>.
> 
> 
> vy 73 de toby, DD5FZ
> 
> 
> Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Remoterig and have no
> personal  
> experience with it as of now.
> 
> 
> 
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