[Elecraft] K3 - remote control head

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Yes.

Eric
elecraft.com

On 4/29/2013 9:56 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Bill <bill at w2blc.net> wrote:
>> Will the "mini" be able to perform the same job the control head on a
>> Kenwood 480 does? Put the radio on a back shelf and only have a 2" deep
>> control panel to drag around the desk? Maybe a blank panel cover for the K3
>> and a remote kit that will provide for this?
>>
>> There are days when I am not feeling too sparky and I use my 480 because I
>> can drag the control panel over to my recliner and put it on a TV tray. Life
>> would be great if I could do the same with the K3.
> I'm not familiar with the details of the K3/0 mini, so the following
> is *speculation*....
>
> The K3/0 should allow you to control a K3 over a RS232 connection,
> which could be a fairly long cable (up to 50 feet, perhaps?), but it
> will not get audio (RX or TX), keying (PTT or CW) or DC power over the
> RS232 cable, so you would have to handle those separately (more long
> cables, and probably a wall-wart by the recliner).
>
> I doubt that there will ever be a blank front-panel option for the K3.
> The K3/0 (mini) does not replace the functionality of the "real" front
> panel. I suppose there could be a version with no
> display/buttons/knobs, but it seems unlikely that that would be worth
> the development effort...
>
> 73,
>
>      ~iain / N6ML
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