[Elecraft] Vedr: Vedr: [KX3] Does the KX3 support the Kenwood Master/Slave connection?

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi Martin,

I'm glad you're finding this feature promising. It is still very much  
in the experimental phase, and I won't be making further changes to it  
for quite awhile. But I'll save your suggestions.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Martin Storli - LA8OKA wrote:

> I Just tryed this now, and wow, this is cool!!
>
> I now have a remote panel (the KX3) for my TS-590!! :-)
>
> I can now tune and change modes on my TS-590 from the KX3.
>
> But the KX3 turns of all the receive/transmit functionality so I  
> didn't got any panadapter, and I can't use any of the other unik  
> features of the KX3, so I'm only halfway there.
> And it only goes one way, so tuning the TS-590 will not tune the  
> KX3. I haven't yet tryed on the K2 (need to make a new cable for  
> that), but I guess it's the same.
> If I dare suggest a new meny option who lets the RX/TX on the KX3  
> remain on, I will get about 90% to the target. :-)
> (The remaining is 5% antenna switching, which is easy http://www.herostechnology.co.uk/pages/RF_Filters/filters.html#SPLTBYP 
>  and 5% for leting the TS-590 control the KX3, the last 5 % I can't  
> see any easy sollution for.)
>
>
> Martin Storli
> LA8OKA
> Oslo, Norway
>
> ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages!
> http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm
>
> Fra: Martin Storli - LA8OKA <arcticpeak at yahoo.no>
> Til: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>; Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
> >
> Sendt: Mandag, 10. september 2012 17.07
> Emne: [Elecraft] Vedr: [KX3] Does the KX3 support the Kenwood Master/ 
> Slave connection?
>
> Many thanks Wayne!
>
> I have read that post but I didn't realize at the time what I could  
> do with it. :-)
> (Wayne post so others don't need to do a search: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-use-as-a-k3-remote-rig-td7562242.html#a7562268 
>  )
>
> The reason I asked about the Kenwood Master/Slave is of course  
> because I have some Kenwoods on the table.
> But the Autoinformation may be better for my intended use, since no  
> pushing on buttons are necesarry.
>
> What I want to try out is to use the KX3 as a panadapter with my  
> TS-2000X or TS-590 as transmitters (because they have 100 watt, and  
> the PA for the KX3 isn't ready), and to do so, the KX3 needs to  
> follow the frequency on the Kenwood transceiver.
>
> Remote control of my K2 is also very interesting. :-) I must try  
> that when I have time!
>
> But the post only describes what to do on the controlling KX3, what  
> needs to be done in order for the KX3 to receive frequency  
> information?
>
> Martin Storli
> LA8OKA
> Oslo, Norway
>
> ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages!
> http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm
>
>
> ________________________________
> Fra: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> Til: Martin Storli - LA8OKA <arcticpeak at yahoo.no>
> Kopi: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sendt: Mandag, 10. september 2012 16.45
> Emne: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Does the KX3 support the Kenwood Master/ 
> Slave connection?
>
> Martin,
>
> The KX3 and K3 do not support Kenwood's master/slave protocol.  
> However, they do support different variations of Elecraft's own  
> master/slave protocol. This allows "remote-rig" operation with  
> various different hardware configurations.
>
> The K3 version of the protocol is extremely fast, and provides  
> virtually 100% emulation of a remote K3 by a local (terminal) K3.
>
> The KX3 implementation is at present experimental, but it will  
> provide limited control of a KX3, K3, or K2 (only VFOs, mode,  
> bandwidth, and RIT). I posted on this topic in detail quite recently.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Martin Storli - LA8OKA wrote:
>
> > Does the KX3 support the Kenwood Master/Slave connection?
> > This could be usefull in a SO2R contest operating environment,  
> Multi-Multi contest operating environment and on DXpeditions.
> >
> > (For those of you that aren't familiar with the Kenwood Master/ 
> Slave, it is a system consisting of 2 Kenwood transceivers, where  
> one transceiver is set-up as a master and the other is set-up as a  
> slave, the transceivers are connected with an serial cable, and this  
> set-up alows transfering of the operating frequency from the master  
> transceiver to the slave transceiver.
> > But what have all this Kenwood-stuff to do with Elecraft, you may  
> ask? It's because Kenwood transceivers and Elecraft transceivers  
> both use the Kenwood protokol, they speak the same language you may  
> say.)
> >
> > Martin Storli
> > LA8OKA
> > Oslo, Norway
> >
> > ARCTICPEAK's Radio pages!
> > http://www.arcticpeak.com/radio.htm
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