[Elecraft] K3/0 Mini

[Jim Rhodes]

The ACC cable can be connected through a simple Y cable (I think I bought
mine from Elecraft) so that the remoterig box can be left connected all the
time. Or you can buy a YBox, or build your own like I did before they were
available.  As for the PTT, I put together a box with 6 parallel RCA jacks
for PTT on one side and 6 more on the other side for KEYOUT. (I have amps
for the 2 meter and 70 cm transverters.) The only other connection I need
to worry about is the serial cable. I updated the i/o boards to the new one
with the USB connection so that I can leave both the serial and USB cables
connected at all times. So no cable switching when I want to go remote. I
live in an apartment building, so my KPA500 is packed away in a box for the
time being.

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 07:03 <kb2mjeff at att.net> wrote:

> Hi Mike. I sold my K0 setup a few months ago. It worked perfectly for
> years, but wanted to bring my K3 with me for the winter so I replaced it
> with a remote IC-7300. While up there for the summer I used to switch to
> remote mode when I went to the shore for the weekend, if I remember right
> there were three connections to  change. The PTT from foot switch to the
> remoterig box, the audio from local speaker to remoterig box, and the
> serial connection to local PC to the remoterig box. This took about a
> minute to switch over. I f I wanted to use the AMP and tuner I had to leave
> a local PC on running TeamViewer.
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Michael C. Marx
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 1:22 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3/0 Mini
>
> Hi all
>
> So I have a K3/0 Mini with the remoterig setup. My station is a K3, P3,
> KAT500 and KPA500.  I want to be able to keep it all hooked up while
> installing the remoterig system.  Is it possible to do this?  It looks like
> I need to disconnect the ACC CABLE going to the KPA500 along with the RS232
> line so the remoterig can be used.  That pretty much disables the rest of
> the station. Am I missing something?   I sure don’t want to disconnect half
> of my station everytime I want to use remote.  I’d sure like any pointers
> on hooking this all up without disabling my station every time I want togo
> remote.  Any help is sure appreciated
>
> 73 Mike WB0SND
>
>
> Michael Marx
> www.vacuumtubes.com
> 636-939-9190
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