[Elecraft] Remote KAT500

[Wes (N7WS)]

I have no idea whether this is a possibility or not.  I've just come across it 
in another forum and haven't studied it in detail.

http://www.hamcom.dk/VNWA/How%20to%20Operate%20VNWA2%20and%20VNWA3%20Remotely%20Wired%20or%20Wireless.pdf

On 12/30/2015 10:10 AM, Ken K6MR wrote:
> A couple of possibilities:
>
> Use a USB/Serial converter at the tuner end and employ a USB over CAT5 extender device/cable to get there. CAT5 cable is cheap. There are also RS422/RS232 converters out there. RS422 is good for about 4000 feet as I remember and the converters are not very expensive.
>
> More expensive but more flexible is a run of duplex fiber optic cable with fiber/Ethernet converters on each end. I use this method and run the fiber in the same conduit as the coaxes between the radios and the tuners/amps. Fiber of course ensures no radiated noise. Plus if you want to control something else at the far end it’s easy to expand.
>
> Ken K6MR
>
>
> From: Va3ied
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 06:48
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote KAT500
>
> My tower and garden shed are about 150 feet away. I have LMR400 buried inside
> some PEX pipe. Would like to use the KAT500 inside the shed...not sure how
> well a serial connection that distance would work!
> scott va3ied
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