[Elecraft] REMOTE OPERATION

[Wayne Burdick]

We will be testing various mechanisms for attaching a keyer paddle to a remote client. Stay tuned....

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Jan 23, 2021, at 9:17 AM, K5WA <K5WA at Comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> 
> 
> I attended the "Demo" meeting last night and was told that Elecraft will
> release remoting software so you don't have to have a K4/0, HOWEVER, the
> further nuance to your question is probably "Can I use a paddle to send CW?"
> That was not directly discussed but I'll bet the answer is no.  I'm sure you
> could use a keyboard to send CW but I'm not sure that capability will be
> built into Elecraft's remoting software.  For my own interim remote setup
> (I'm waiting on the K4/0), I found a client server application (df3cb.com)
> that uses a WinKeyer to give you paddle CW.  It requires a WinKeyer on BOTH
> ends of your remote.  The idea is that you are paddling your local WinKeyer
> and it is talking to the remote WinKeyer which is connected to your remote
> rig.  That same remote capability is built into a WinKeyer
> (https://www.hamcrafters2.com/files/WKremote.pdf) and called WKremote by
> K1EL.  I didn't use that because I have a YCCC SO2R Box (which emulates a
> WinKeyer V1, I think) at my station so since I didn't have two WinKeyers, I
> tried the DF3CB idea and it worked!   You need to turn off the sidetone
> monitor on your rig and use the sidetone of your local WinKeyer but it works
> fine when you want to use a paddle for remote CW.
> 
> 
> 
> GL,
> 
> Bob K5WA