[Elecraft] K4 Remote Question

Thomas Horsten thomas at horsten.com
Wed Sep 9 13:42:33 EDT 2020


I'd always say use wired ethernet (with shielded cable) in or near the
shack, a WiFi router or access point there is fine for things like your
phone and tablets, but for radios, logging/controlling PC's etc. it's way
too unreliable when you start operating. It's so annoying when your WiFi
router crashes and reboots in the middle of a contest or even just
disconnects intermittently whenever you transmit on a certain band, etc.

If you must use wireless, I'd recommend having a WiFi bridge or access
point as far away from your transmitting equipment, coax etc. as possible
and use cables from there to the rest of the shack.

73, Thomas OZ5TN (aka M0TRN, AF7BE)

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 17:31 Pete Meier via Elecraft, <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> The K4 has an eithernet port for remote operations. As I understand it the
> K4 doesn’t have WIFI .
> My internet router is not close to my shack so direct CAT 5/6 wiring is
> not practical.
> I know there are wired to wireless adapters available. 300 Mbps seems the
> typical speed to the router.
>
> So my question is 300 Mbps sufficient for the K4 to send it’s data to a
> remote device for full control?
>
> Pete WK8S
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