[Elecraft] K3 and KRC2 for controlling 12VDC

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Rich <rwnewbould at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have pretty much done an thorough search on this topic and have concluded
> it cannot be done, but I thought I would throw it out here anyway.
>
> I believe that the outputs on the KRC2 on strictly controlled by band
> information which it receives.  I was wondering if there was a way to send
> RX antenna status to the KRC2 which would close an output to send 12VDC to
> my active RX antenna and another to activate 12VDC to the preamp for the RX
> ant when I chose.
>
> My thought was along the lines of the DVK messages which can be activated
> via the keyboard when using Writelog or other contest programs.  I was
> hoping to send a command via the keyboard to activate the RX ant on the K3
> and at the same time send the required 12vdc to the RX antenna via an output
> on the KRC2 and the same for the preamp if I want it on/off.

Theoretically, the K3 could convey RX ANT status to the KRC2 over
AUXBUS, and the KRC2 could drive some outputs based on that, but
(AFAIK) that is not implemented in either firmware.

73,

    ~iain / N6ML