[Elecraft] K3/0 Mini - Local Connection

[Barry Baines]

David:

> On Aug 19, 2020, at 2:17 PM, David Bondy <david at g4nrt.com> wrote:
> 
> I read some discussion on this a while ago but could not find if it was ever resolved.
> 
> If I wanted to connect my K3/0 Mini locally to my K3, can it be done just by a cable (or cables) without having to use a pair of RemoteRig 1258MKIIs?

The issue is how to get all of the connections from the K3/0-Mini to the K3.  The “Elecraft K3-Remote Owner’s Manual” (Revision D, April 3, 2014) discusses two methods of installing the K3-Remote variants:

1. Via the RemoteRig 1258MKII approach that connects to your personal K3 at the ham shack and a second RemoteRig to the K3-Remote.  This is what I’ve done.

2.  Using the K3-Remote via a PC through a USB connection.  This is meant to provide access to on-line remote Ham rig services such as “Remote Hams’.  I have no idea what interface(s) are installed at these sites to their K3s.  

> 
> My K3 is in a rack a little distance away from my ideal operating position and the K3/0 Mini sits nicely on my desk but it seems a bit of a faff to have to use the two RR boxes connected via an ethernet cable.

I don’t know whether the two Remote Rigs would work directly connected through a reverse cable, you’d probably have to connect both to a LAN where both devices would be assigned a local IP address (either static or dynamic).  

FWIW,

Barry Baines, WD4ASW
(Currently in Boston/Roslindale, MA)


> 
> Anyone know whether there was ever a plan for a ‘local’ remote connection?
> 
> Thanks. David G4NRT / Z21NRT
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