[Elecraft] Lightweight and inexpensive remote control of my K3s

[Gordon LaPoint]

all software remote control: http://www.remotehams.com/
Works very well and is free
Gordon - N1MGO

On 07/30/2018 10:42 AM, Rick Tavan wrote:
> http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=28 describes a software client that
> requires only a small dongle for some interconnects. It also serves as a
> passkey for the software. You have an RRC at the radio end and a PC plus
> this dongle at your control site. It looked perfect for me to complement my
> fixed-station control site when traveling. I never got it working very
> well, though. That may have been operator error but I lost interest before
> getting it going satisfactorily. They have since upgraded the device. It
> may work fine but I'm not a good reference. Your inquiry reminds me to try
> again!  ;-)
>
> GL & 73,
>
> /Rick N6XI
>
> --
>
> Rick Tavan
> Truckee, CA
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Peter Dougherty <Peter at w2irt.net> wrote:
>
>> Once again this year I'm planning to visit friends over the Thanksgiving
>> weekend. Unlike in the past, I won't be able to set up for CQWW-CW from
>> where
>> I'm staying. Instead, I'd like to remote back in to my home station.
>>
>> Last year I used RemoteHams software and N1MM+, and it worked OK as
>> proof-of-concept, but I wasn't knocked out with the whole workflow. The
>> latency
>> wasn't a big problem, but the lack of paddles was. The macros in N1MM+ were
>> fine, but too often I wanted to send by hand, which I couldn't easily do
>> with
>> the RCFOrb client software. The server side software worked OK, but it's
>> very
>> finicky.
>>
>> I'd like a hardware solution, but not something as expensive or unwieldy
>> as a
>> K3/0. I'm thinking along the lines of something I can throw in a briefcase,
>> connect to my laptop, and plug in headphones and paddles (or a mic, heavens
>> forbid) and not have to rely on a dodgy piece of Windows software. Any
>> thoughts?
>> I remember that the Remotehams guys had a hardware box but I've never known
>> anybody who used it, and I'm not sure if RemoteRig's boxes are what I'm
>> after
>> either (don't they only work in contention with a K3/something?).
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> 73 and Good DX
>> Peter, W2IRT
>>
>> President, North Jersey DX Association
>>
>> DXCC Card Checker
>> Letter O Manager, ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau
>>
>>
>>
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