[Elecraft] K3 and Remoterig

[Wayne Burdick]

On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote:

> But what I do not understand (maybe my problem as a non-native  
> English speaker) is why "additonal details will be provided when the  
> RemoteRig boxes become available"? As I understand you can also  
> simply connect 2 K3's serially so all the intelligence for this "K3  
> duplicating" must be in the announced new K3 firmware. So no need  
> for a "special RemoteRig K3 Twin" version as for RemoteRig's Yaesu  
> Twin controllers. You can simply use their standard controllers  
> (they would simply extend the serial cable) and should be fine! And  
> those are readily available already. But maybe my understanding is  
> wrong then I would be grateful to get an explaination what is meant  
> by your comment. ;-))

Hi Oliver,

What I meant was that we would further explain to our customers what  
RemoteRig is and how it works. For example, many many not realize that  
the microphone audio, keyer paddle, and receive audio are all routed  
through these boxes, not the radio. This is a different way of  
operating, but necessary to provide the proper signal conditioning and  
transmission across a network.

There will also be some "fine print" associated with the K3 as used  
with Remote Rig. At least with the first firmware release, which will  
probably be about 99% of the final implementation. I'll have those  
details later.

73,
Wayne
N6KR