[Elecraft] K3 & RemoteRig

["Mitch Wolfson, DJØQN / K7DX"]

I was in Dayton when you sent this and a bit behind my mails. I believe 
I read most replies, so I will only answer the ones I do not believe 
were already answered (apologies for any duplication):

- Never turn monitor (CW or SSB) on while running remote. Even the 
slightest latency will drive you crazy. Use the RRC's sidetone for CW 
and there is no solution for SSB.

- You can change the RRC's CW sidetone volume by going into the control 
RRC's menu "CW settings" and change "Side tone -db" to a more reasonable 
level.

- Only one can access a K3 at a time. The other parties will receive a 
busy tone when attempting a connect. This will not disturb the other 
user, so trying it won't hurt anyone. We have implemented chat and 
logging systems to let us know who is using the station, there are a lot 
of solutions on the market.

The RemoteRig Forum at http://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php is a 
wealth of information for anyone using RemoteRig.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN

Mitch Wolfson
DJØQN / K7DX
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On 17.05.2015 04:08, Paul Christensen wrote:
> Still getting used to a recently installed RemoteRig used with my K3 
> and K3-mini.  A few questions:
>
> 1) Since the K3's RS-232 port is wired directly to RemoteRig, is there 
> a way to access control of the RS-232 port for firmware upgrades, 
> SDR-IQ control, etc.?  As it is, LP-Bridge doesn’t appear to apply 
> here since the K3 is not connected as a PC COM port;
>
> 2) Any means to monitor mic audio on the K3 mini while transmitting?  
> I've tried bringing up MON audio, but nothing heard.  I thought 
> perhaps the K3 mini would inject local mic monitor audio into the 
> receive audio.
>
> 3) K3 mini speaker audio is extremely loud and the CW sidetone is even 
> louder.  However, receive audio and sidetone in headphones is 
> excellent. It's as if there's a gain structure problem just ahead of 
> the speaker amp. Any way to easily reduce speaker amp gain after the 
> AF control?
>
> 4) Consider a situation where two K3 minis are each trying to access a 
> K3 at the remote site.  When one of the K3 minis connects to the 
> remote site, will the other K3-mini's display read "busy" or in some 
> way let the user know that the K3 is being tied up by another user?  
> Or, must we rely on the green PWR/connect light on RemoteRig?
>
> Tnx!
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
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