[Elecraft] How reliable an internet connection is needed for A K3 remote to work well?

[Mike va3mw]

Run pingtest.net and make sure you have a grade A rating. You don't need much bandwidth as 1mbs in each direction is lots if you are the only user. However, latency issues will cause problems. 

As I understand it, the K3/remote uses a remoterig interface. 

The problem may not be your ISP, but the routers you are using at both ends can contribute to your issues just as simply. 

Btw, I have been running a remote base with a ts480 for about 8 years. I do run CW by hosting n1mm at the far end and using a winkeyer. 

Mike va3mw

> On Jul 13, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> A while back we tried Remoterig with a Kenwood radio and the CW generated was
> poor on the other end.  This was presumably from dropped packets and or
> latency issues (Comcast on one end and a terrestrial microwave connection on
> the other end).  Some dits/dahs were lost and others were prolonged, due to
> the lost stop signal.  My understanding of the remoterig protocol for CW is
> it's not very robust, with no error correction or ACKing.
> 
> We got around the CW problem by using a VNC and the CW is generated at the
> host end within the VNC window, using N1MM, directly keying the radio.
> 
> If we were to use a K3 and K3/remote for the radio, would there be potential
> radio control issues due to the flaky internet connection, or is there
> redundancy and/or error correction built into the Elecraft remote protocol?
> 
> Barry W2UP
> 
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