[Elecraft] K3/0

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Of course that's how the commercial coastal stations of yore did full
break-in; put the transmitters a number of miles from the receive site and
key it via telephone lines. No need to mute the rx, no question whether the
tx is working and the op knows exactly what it sounds like.

Is there really so much difference between remotely operating a rig and
having a well-equipped 'club station' where Hams can come operate whenever
they wished? At K6USA (6th Army Hq, Fort Ord, CA) we maintained two
well-equipped "visitors" positions for Hams stationed there to come operate
whenever they had time (One of my duties was to keep the station active when
no visitors were there - tough duty, Hi!). Also, companies like Lockheed and
many Colleges had very nice Ham club stations for just that purpose. IIRC,
visitors operated K6USA under their own calls.  

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

I have a ham friend who lives in a studio apartment on the 13th floor.
If he had a balcony he could attach a whip to the railing, but ND.  It's
a steel-frame building so indoor antennas are pretty useless.  For
someone like him I think a remote station would be a godsend.

Some years ago, a local ham here in Santa Rosa who lived in a condo
installed his ancient, rack-mounted Collins crystal-controlled CW
transmitter at my QTH, connected to a dipole well up in the air.  The
control unit had a touch-tone decoder so he could access it via
telephone, key the rig, and select one of two crystals.  40 meters only.
But it allowed him to get on the air with a decent signal using a
receiver and random wire antenna located at his condo.  Full break in
too!

Alan N1AL