[Elecraft] K3/0 to K3 issues mostly solved

[bwruble@gmail.com]

Brandon gave me about an hour on the phone, and we got all the settings  just right.  I can now operate remotely using RemoteRig and the K3/0 to my K3/100.  It works --- with a couple of quirks.

Quirk 1--- if you use the Heil ProSet Elite iC (made specially for Icom,) the jumper JMP1 in the control box has to be in.  Other Heil mikes require jumper out.  I figured that out after Brandon got me going.  I have another Heil Proset that is not the special Icom version which I was using when Brandon was talking me through the setup.    I later inadvertently switched to the iC version and nothing worked again, until I put the jumper back on.

Quirk 2 --- I keep finding that I lose comms between the "control" and the remote "radio" box periodically.  I can only get it back by rebooting routers. THAT one worries me.   2 days in a row, when I went to bed, everything worked.  When I got up the next morning, turning on the K3/0 did not bring up the K3.  I couldn't get it working until I rebooted the remote and the local routers.

Perhaps this is a function of my LAN setup.  I have a primary router where the internet comes in, and a downstream router to extend the wifi to other parts of the house.  I am running the K3 from the primary router, and the K3/0 from the downstream router to simulate true remote ops --- it is actually in my daughter's upstairs bedroom.  It works fine until it doesn't work, and I have no idea why that happens.  Obviously port forwarding is setup right or it wouldn't work at all.

In any event, I thought the info on the Heil ProSet Elite "iC" version might save somebody out there a lot of grief.

If anyone has suggestions on Quirk 2, I am all ears.


73 de Brian W3BW




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