[Elecraft] Bonito RadioCom 6

[W B McCarty]

Thanks for all the information!

To my surprise, Bonito answered with lightning speed. Per Bonito, the
specific Kenwood model to use with the K3 is the TS2000. I had tried the
TS570 and TS870 without success before posting here. (But I was actually
using a KX3, not a K3, as explained below; presumably a K3 would have
worked, as stated to me by Bonito.)

As I wrote the KX3 is not listed as officially supported. My hope was that
the KX3 might be similar enough to the K3 that if the K3 worked the KX3
would also work. My thinking was that since the Kenwood driver works with
the K3 then the driver can't be all that particular. However, specifying
TS2000 as the radio did not work in the context of a USB connection between
the KX3 and PC and nothing other than the PC attached to the Bonito dongle,
which is a recommended configuration.

There remains the possibility of making a serial connection between the KX3
and the Bonito dongle, which might do the trick. Doing so would require a
custom cable with a DB-9 on one side and connections to the KX3's ACC1,
ACC2, and phone out jacks on the other. Details are given in the entry
pertaining to the K3 in the table at
http://www.bonito.net/service/make_radio_list.php3?language=en&R1=LB#HAM
<http://www.bonito.net/service/make_radio_list.php3?language=en&R1=LB#HAM.>.

I did specifically request that Bonito support the KX3. Bonito has not
responded to my request; I don't anticipate that they will do so.

Before closing I should share my opinion that RadioCom is one of the
hardest programs to configure and among the least reliable contemporary PC
programs I've used. I put up with it because it needs to be configured from
scratch only once and because when it does work I find it useful and
convenient. I wouldn't want anyone to purchase the program based on my
mention without first reading some of the many reviews available, including
those on eHam.net <http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4610>, where at the
time of this writing the program had received an overall score of 1.4/5
[sic].

Cheers,

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> Actually, Elecraft uses the Kenwood protocol.  When I got my first K3 I
> told my logging program it was my 12-year-old TS-870.
>
> On 5/10/2016 10:11 AM, tomb18 wrote:
>
>> HiThe Kenwood protocol is the same as the Elecraft protocol for commands
>> such as frequency,  band etc. I would try using one of the Kenwood radios
>> for the K3 and kx3. There's lots of equipment out there that will work if
>> you do this and the software doesn't try to identify the
>> radio.Tomva2fsq.com
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message
>> --------From: Robert Nobis <n7rjn at nobis.net> Date: 2016-05-10  9:59 AM
>> (GMT-05:00) To: tomb18 <tomb18 at videotron.ca> Cc: wbmccarty at gmail.com,
>> Elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bonito RadioCom 6
>> According to the Bonito web site the Elecraft K3 is supported, but there
>> is no indication that the KX3 is supported.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>> Bob Nobis - N7RJN
>> n7rjn at nobis.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Bill McCarty

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