[Elecraft] Bad Assumptions

[barry whittemore]

When i got back into ham radio in 1993 i bought an IC725 basic radio and made a homebrew Serial to TTL converter so i could use the PC for controlling the radio. I have never looked back and have been using PC control ever since. I built the interface in a 25 pin D connector shell because thats what serial ports used back then.

I have a home brew 1929 transmitter that i use for the bruce kelley qso party. I was going to use an SDR for the receiver but there was so much latency in the RX sig that i could not use it for sidetone.

It would have been cool to use latest tech for One side and antient tech for the other.

I have two PCs connected to my K3 as my XYL ops with me and either of us can control the radio and both can get radio data.

(Its a special hookup) Either of us can do CW,SSB RTTY or AFSK modes independantly.

Life is good. We use N1MM logger for the daily logger. We are friends with Tom (N1MM) so we get it for free. (so do people that are not friends with Tom)

People are concerned about the loss of logs due to drive crashes etc. Ironicly, after this years bruce kelley 1929 contest, which i logged my 11 contacts with paper and pencil, i lost the log sheet. My elogs are all safe in multiple places.

 

Enjoy

Barry

NF1O