[Elecraft] Remote control

[Greg]

I think the RemoteRig setup has a keyer with its own sidetone so you don't
have a delay to deal with.

Greg



On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Alan Bloom <n1al at sonic.net> wrote:

> Yes, I had been thinking about ways to do that.  It wouldn't be hard (I
> can say this because I'm not the one who would be doing it!) to have the
> radio spit out control commands whenever a button is pushed.  An
> external box could package the RS-232 commands and send them over the
> Internet to control a remote K3.
>
> The issue is what to do about the audio and CW keying.  On voice modes,
> the audio wouldn't necessarily be a problem with a wide-band connection.
> They do it all the time with VOIP.  But with CW, even a small fraction
> of a second delay would make full break-in impossible.  You wouldn't be
> able to listen to your own transmitted signal since the delay would make
> it hard to send.  You'd have to generate the sidetone locally and accept
> the fact that the RF comes out a little bit later.
>
> It's fun to dream...
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 11:06 -0700, Torsten Clay wrote:
> > No, this would be to enable remote operation (over an internet link). No
> RF would go between the panel and the K3.
> >
> > People are buying TS-480's or similar to run over remote links even if
> they own a K3, because the 480 panel and main box can be easily remoted
> using ie www.remoterig.com.
> >
> > Tor
> > N4OGW
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Alan Bloom [via Elecraft] <
> ml-node+6382974-1323076163-228466 at n2.nabble.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Alan Bloom [via Elecraft] <
> ml-node+6382974-1323076163-228466 at n2.nabble.com>
> > Subject: Re: Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft
> > To: "Torsten Clay" <rt_clay at bellsouth.net>
> > Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 12:20 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >       You pretty much get that with the KX3 and the remote 100W
> amplifier.
> >
> > Use the amp in your home or mobile station and just unplug the KX3
> >
> > (a.k.a. "front panel") when you want to go QRP backpacking.
> >
> >
> > Alan N1AL
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 07:56 -0700, Torsten Clay wrote:
> >
> > > Here's something you might consider (or maybe already have :) )
> >
> > >
> >
> > > If the KX3 front panel is almost identical in controls to the K3, maybe
> it
> >
> > > could be paired with a K3 to act as a remote front panel. Similar to
> the
> >
> > > detachable panel functionality available with many current mobile rigs.
> The
> >
> > > advantage being that just the "panel" KX3 could operate as a
> self-contained
> >
> > > QRP radio.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Tor
> >
> > > N4OGW
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
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