[Elecraft] Operation of K Line Over LAN (Tom Richardson)

[John Newgas]

For reasons of family convenience, I have started to run my KX3 remotely in my Loft using our WiFi Lan from a computer three floors down.

I have assembled a Raspberry Pi 3 in a case with a 7” LCD screen.  The inbuilt wifi on this puts in on my home network.

Using ser2net on the Raspberry Pi, I can run KX3UI on my iMac three floors down ( configured as  a Piglet ).
This is well documented elswhere

I then  set up a virtual screen screen session with the Rasbian’s RealVNC and set the resolution to 1024x800.

I can then run WSJT-X on the remote Raspberry Pi in the higher res screen session upstairs , but see and operate it on my downstairs iMac computer.
I haven't yet managed to get voice over IP for SSB, but if PSK31 or the the JTxx modes interest you then it can be done easily and cheaply.

I haven’t yet setup a remote relay driven by the Raspberry Pi to start the KX3 up. but it should be  an easy job to send a  100msec +9v pulse to the mic input line .   When that happens I can close the loft cover .

John G7LTQ


> I will be bed-ridden with a broken leg for a few weeks. Does anyone
> know of any straightforward methods for operating my K3S and KPA500
> over my wireless LAN using my laptop plus Ham Radio Deluxe or another
> software package?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> N4W