Re: [Elecraft] Macros

2018-01-08 Thread Nick Garner
Here's a website that will string together macros based on what you want to accomplish. http://pignology.net/emm/ 73, Nick N3WG On Jan 8, 2018 9:14 AM, "Dave Cole (NK7Z)" wrote: > Eric, > > If you look at: > > http://nk7z.net/adding-external-keypad-k3/ > > You will find a short

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Pigremote availability

2018-01-04 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Tim, Just saw your other message direct to me. I'll reply here for anyone else that may be curious. I have all of the individual components that go into making a PigRemote except for a pretty important one, the audio codec board. When I first designed PR I decided to not put the audio codec,

Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod macros Around?

2016-09-28 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Gary, A few weeks ago I made this website to help with the creation of macros. http://pignology.net/emm/ 73, Nick N3WG On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > It's time to finally start using the > K-Pod. I had hoped it might control the P3 > as well as the K3s

[Elecraft] Elecraft Macro Maker

2016-09-13 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Everyone, I had an idea pop into my head over the weekend to put together an application to help with the composition of macros for use with Elecraft radios. Here's the result: http://pignology.net/emm 73, Nick N3WG __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX3/iPad mini and PSK31

2016-08-06 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Joe, The Piglet with HamLog on iOS will do the job. http://pignology.net/piglet/ I'm flying back home from Japan tonight, my inbox is pretty overloaded at the moment, sorry for the delay. 73, Nick N3WG On Aug 7, 2016 10:02 AM, "Joe W2KJ" wrote: > Howdy Gang: > > I have

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology and PackTenna Dayton Sale

2016-05-20 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Unfortunately I couldn't make it to Dayton this year but, following tradition, I have discounted the Pignology hardware products for the online shop. http://shop.pignology.net For PackTenna, George (KJ6VU), the other half (more like 9/10ths) of PackTenna will be there showing the

Re: [Elecraft] KXPD3 pin socket

2016-04-29 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Mike, I use DigiKey part number S-ND in the adapter kit produced by Pignology. http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?keywords=S-ND http://pignology.net/kx3pda/ 73, Nick N3WG On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Does

Re: [Elecraft] K-Pod vs Pigknob (was Re: [Elecraft_K3] New Elecraft Product: K-Pod Control Panel for K3S and K3 Transceivers)

2016-04-14 Thread Nick Garner
The K-Pod has a vastly superior encoder and knob compared to the PigKnob. Using the same encoder as the K3 in the PigKnob wasn't economically feasible at the low quantities I deal with. There is a header on the board though for enterprising individuals who want to connect the K3 encoder

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Holiday Sale

2015-11-27 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Pignology hardware products are all now discounted for the holidays. This includes, PigRemote, Piglet, and Pigknob. http://shop.pignology.net Piglet A wireless interface to control your rig Android and iOS devices. http://pignology.net/piglet PigRemote

Re: [Elecraft] pig knob for B vfo

2015-03-09 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Bob, You can alter the commands that are sent when the knob encoder pulses so you could use UPB and DNB to control VFO B.  Since the knob has two modes, toggled between with a push of the knob, you could have one of the modes control VFO A and the other control VFO B. The commands to

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for a Elecraft utility --- Button Panel

2015-02-27 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Harry, Are you using Windows or Mac? I wrote something like this for iOS a couple months ago (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pigmac/id908461966?mt=8) and I have something like this for Mac in the works. I could probably whip up something similar in Windows. 73, Nick N3WG On Fri, Feb 27,

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Holiday Sale

2014-11-27 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Pignology hardware products are all now discounted for the holidays. This includes, PigRemote, Piglet, and Pigknob. *Piglet* A wireless interface to control your rig Android and iOS devices. http://pignology.net/piglet *PigRemote* Similar to Piglet but with

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Pacificon Online Sale

2014-10-09 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Pignology products will be 10% off at Pacificon and I'll be extending this discount to the online store from today through Sunday (Oct. 12, 2014) for anyone who can't make it to the show. This discount includes Piglet, PigKnob, and PigRemote. Anything purchased online will ship

Re: [Elecraft] Pig Knob

2014-10-05 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Ted, On the back of the P3 are two 9-pin serial ports, labeled PC and XCVR. You would connected the Knob to the PC port of the P3 and then the XCVR port of the P3 to the K3. The P3 will proxy the serial data between the Knob and the K3. 73, Nick N3WG On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Dauer,

Re: [Elecraft] PX3 Pigknob

2014-10-03 Thread Nick Garner
the kx3 moves px3. Sid Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Nick Garner nwgar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sid, You can daisy chain them, similar to the KXPA100. Connect the knob to the PX3 ACC1 PC port. Then the PX3 ACC1 XCVR port to the KX3 ACC1 port. 73, Nick N3WG On Oct 2, 2014 6

Re: [Elecraft] PX3 Pigknob

2014-10-02 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Sid, You can daisy chain them, similar to the KXPA100. Connect the knob to the PX3 ACC1 PC port. Then the PX3 ACC1 XCVR port to the KX3 ACC1 port. 73, Nick N3WG On Oct 2, 2014 6:09 PM, Sid Leben s...@leben.com wrote: Just finished the PX3 (kit) and it works like a charm. Now comes the

Re: [Elecraft] very small 20A switching PS

2014-09-21 Thread Nick Garner
I have used the Gamma Research HPS-1a for several years and love it. It fits easily in my K3 pelican case. . Output is 22A at 25 percent duty. http://www.gammaresearch.net/hps-1a.html Nick N3WG On Sep 21, 2014 7:51 PM, Howard Sherer h...@lehigh.edu wrote: A few years ago there was some

Re: [Elecraft] K2, Bluetooth, and Android

2014-09-05 Thread Nick Garner
/kx3ui/id590043143?mt=12 K3UI Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/k3ui/id626886809?mt=12 K2UI Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/k2ui/id662821836?mt=12 Nick On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:43:52 -0700 Nick Garner nwgar...@gmail.com

Re: [Elecraft] K2, Bluetooth, and Android

2014-09-04 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Jim, HamLog on Android has wired serial and Bluetooth in addition to that same Wi-Fi control in the Piglet app. I'm the author so please feel free to send any feedback my way. 73, Nick N3WG On Sep 4, 2014 4:03 PM, n...@juno.com wrote: Well, I've slipped cautiously into the 21st century...

Re: [Elecraft] Logging software advice

2014-07-02 Thread Nick Garner
Nobody ever mentions HamLog for Mac. :) To answer some questions directed at me about the Piglet with HamLog on iOS... (1) Can it fetch the frequency in use from the rig (K2 or KX3)? Yes. (2) Can it enter a frequency from the iPad? Yes. For K3 and KX3 it actually puts the whole face of the

Re: [Elecraft] Logging software advice

2014-06-30 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Phil, The Piglet creates a wireless network out of the box. It is possible to reconfigure the Piglet to join a home wireless network or a hotspot network created by a mobile device. When using it with iOS it's also possible to reconfigure the Piglet to create an ad-hoc wireless network

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Dayton Sale - Oops

2014-05-18 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Whenever I go to a show I discount everything in the Pignology online shop to the same price as at the show for folks who won't be there. I forgot to that this year so I've just enabled the sale. It will be live until Tuesday. Products on sale are: PigRemote - Full remote

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - need a desktop keypad

2014-02-19 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Bill and everyone else, Following up on this email, I got the prototype boards and and assembled one and it's working like a champ. Here's a demo video of what I'm calling PigPad (for now). http://youtu.be/lhVeHNsSzyI 73, Nick N3WG On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Nick Garner nwgar

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - need a desktop keypad

2014-02-02 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Bill, Pignology is making one. It operates the same way PigKnob does in that it can proxy serial data from a computer to the radio or operate standalone. I'm just waiting for the prototype boards to come back to test before making a batch. 73, Nick N3WG On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Bill

Re: [Elecraft] K3/P3 and Pigknob

2013-11-18 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Bill, I know of a few folks using the knob with both the P3 and K3. The only issue I'm aware of is if you want to program a P3 macro into one of the programmable knob push buttons you have to prefix the command with a semi-colon. For example, if you wanted to send the P3 command to set the

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Pacificon Online Sale

2013-10-10 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Pignology products will be 10% off at Pacificon and I'll be extending this discount to the online store from today through Sunday for anyone who can't make it to the show. This discount includes Piglet, PigKnob, and PigRemote. Anything purchased online will ship next week based

[Elecraft] K2UI for Mac

2013-07-13 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, I decided to round out the K#UI line of Mac Apps with K2UI. It works with Piglet as well. I should have a windows version in a bit. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/k2ui/id662821836?mt=12 73, Nick N3WG http://pignology.net

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIFI

2013-07-11 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Lee, That's what I'm doing with HamLog (iOS and Android) and Piglet. I have the full face of the K3 in HamLog on iOS: http://blog.pignology.net/2013/06/hamlog-version-462-for-ios-released.html Piglet: http://pignology.net/piglet/ HamLog iOS:

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Rocky 3.7

2013-06-24 Thread Nick Garner
One small correction, iSDR is from Digital Confections not Pignology. http://digitalconfections.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=46Itemid=54 73, Nick N3WG On Jun 24, 2013 9:48 PM, Don Wilhelm d...@w3fpr.com wrote: If that post (and photo) was from the Elecraft booth at Dayton,

Re: [Elecraft] Default tuning rate on the Pigknob

2013-06-10 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Howard, There isn't a command to change the rate that the encoder built into the K3 operates, what we can do is send a command to the radio to move the VFO frequency up or down at different distances from the current frequency. When the PigKnob encoder pulses, the microcontroller first

Re: [Elecraft] Pigknob

2013-05-22 Thread Nick Garner
Something I discovered at Dayton is I probably shouldn't have called that switched mode in the encoder Fast Tuning Mode. I should have called it Alternate Tuning Mode or something similar. I was asked several times, Can I tune RIT with this? After the third person asked, we tried it. Every

Re: [Elecraft] Pigknob

2013-05-22 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Brian, I replied to your email a couple hours later, on Feb 1st at 15:02 PST. Perhaps it got filtered, there were quite a few emails in that thread and the subject had [OT] in it. Here are the relevant excerpts. -- Original: I'm trying to think of whether there would be any interaction

Re: [Elecraft] Software for K3 remote

2013-05-20 Thread Nick Garner
There's a demo of KX3UI and K3UI available here: http://pignology.net/winapps.html 73, Nick N3WG On May 20, 2013 8:12 AM, Dick Dievendorff die...@comcast.net wrote: Pignology has one: http://shop.pignology.net/K3UI-Windows_p_29.html 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From:

[Elecraft] [OT] Pignology Dayton Online Sale

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Pignology products will be 10% off at Hamvention and I'll be extending this discount to the online store from today through Sunday for anyone who can't make it to the show. This discount includes Piglet, PigKnob, and PigRemote. Anything purchased online will ship next week based

Re: [Elecraft] iPad as wired remote for Elecraft rig?

2013-05-13 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, When I first started work on Pigtail, the original plan was to make it a wired accessory. With the assistance of a lawyer (required) I went through the whole licensing and NDA process to make approved hardware and the very first prototype was working on the bench a couple months

Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?

2013-04-26 Thread Nick Garner
On the HamLog note, it does have a Field Day logger built in. It's coming close to the time for me to get any changes into that part of the app to make sure they're live before the event. If anyone has any suggestions on things to change, please send them directly to me and I'll try to get them

Re: [Elecraft] Remote operations

2013-04-02 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Dave, I'm using an off the shelf embedded Linux board in PigRemote. Both audio and serial rig control are point to point with no need for a full size computer/laptop on the radio side and no need to custom hardware at the remote side. I have a first look demo video up here:

[Elecraft] [OT] K3UI and KX3UI for Windows

2013-03-22 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Since I released KX3UI for Mac a couple months ago, I've received several requests for something similar on Windows. I've just published the first versions of these two applications. They include support for Piglet/PigRemote as well for wireless/remote control. You can see

[Elecraft] [OT] 4G Coverage at Dayton?

2013-03-17 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know which, if any, nationwide cell service provider has the best 4G coverage inside Hara Arena? I need to run a mobile hotspot inside the arena for a demo and would like to get a hotspot from the provider with the best coverage. Thank you and 73, Nick N3WG

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] I made a knob, a PigKnob.

2013-02-10 Thread Nick Garner
@**mailman.qth.net elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick Garner Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:16 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] I made a knob, a PigKnob. Hello Everyone, A few weeks ago there was a thread on here about a remote tuning knob

[Elecraft] [OT] I made a knob, a PigKnob.

2013-02-01 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, A few weeks ago there was a thread on here about a remote tuning knob. This topic has come up every now and then on the mailing lists out there and it's something I've wanted to try to make for a while. I got back the prototype boards yesterday, soldered on the parts, loaded my

[Elecraft] [OT] The New Pigtail, Piglet

2013-01-21 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, I have redesigned Pigtail to be a lot smaller. There's a link to a demo video below if anyone is interested. http://youtu.be/m5rBF_9A7x4 http://pignology.net/piglet 73, Nick N3WG __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] [OT] KX3UI for Mac

2013-01-09 Thread Nick Garner
Hello everyone, I've released a new app to the Mac App Store named KX3UI. The App Store listing is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kx3ui/id590043143?mt=12 I have 40 promo codes available for anyone who wants to download it for free. I welcome any feedback you may have. Please

[Elecraft] Fwd: iSDR app and KX3 not working

2012-12-29 Thread Nick Garner
Howdy Folks, Just a quick note on the comments from Buck. Pigtail works with HamLog to allow an iOS or Android device to act as a CW/DATA terminal (along with all the other stuff it does) with no waterfall. Pigtail/Pignology is not associated with the iSDR application. I think it'd be pretty

[Elecraft] [OT] Remoting HRD via EtherPig Demo

2012-10-08 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, I've released several updates to EtherPig including a Windows server and client in the past week and it's coming out of closed beta in time for Pacificon. Yesterday I put together a demo of remoting a K3 using Ham Radio Deluxe. You can take a look at it here:

[Elecraft] [OT] Pigtail Rig Control with Android and Mac

2012-09-06 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, I've added support for Pigtail into HamLog on Android and Mac. The Android update (v4.0) has support for Elecraft (KX3, K3, K2) and Yaesu (FT-8X7's). The update for Mac has all the same Pigtail functionality that you see in the iOS version of HamLog (Elecraft, Yaesu, Icom,

[Elecraft] [OT] Remoting with iPad/iPhone - Testers Needed

2012-08-10 Thread Nick Garner
Howdy Folks, I'm N3WG, the HamLog/Pigtail guy. Something I've been asked for often, and something I've wanted to do for a while, is get bi-directional audio built into HamLog on iOS devices. Over the past week I've got it working to where I have rig control of a radio at home with audio

[Elecraft] [OT] Radio Control via HamLog on iPhone

2012-02-14 Thread Nick Garner
Hello Everyone, Over the years that HamLog (http://goo.gl/BMFzM) has been available on the various mobile platforms out there, I've had several users ask me for a way to get radio information into the app automatically, both at home and/or out in the field, portable, dxpeditions, etc.  In the past

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Radio Control via HamLog on iPhone

2012-02-14 Thread Nick Garner
North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com K3 Serial #5934 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick Garner Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:56 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Radio Control via

Re: [Elecraft] K3 transport box ?

2011-10-21 Thread Nick Garner
Hi Erwin, I use a Pelican 1510 http://pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1510. It's made to be a carrry-on for travel with wheels and a retractable tow handle. I had to remove the handle from the K3 to get it to fit. I don't miss that handle though. Here's a picture of it:

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread Nick Garner
I actually have this in the works, to interface radios to HamLog on iDevices and Android. The first basic prototype is working on the breadboard. I'll mention it here when it's ready to go. 73, Nick N3WG On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:10 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote: If

Re: [Elecraft] Looking for miniature 14-V power supply for travel use

2011-07-04 Thread Nick Garner
I use one of these: http://www.gammaresearch.net/hps-1a.html 73, Nick N3WG On Jul 4, 2011 2:23 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: I'm going to take a KX3 with me on vacation this summer, and I like to travel light. I'll have internal batteries for field operation, but for indoor use,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Extreme

2010-02-03 Thread Nick Garner
Here's a demo of a K3 iPhone/iPod Touch app. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYhWivg9Inwfmt=22 73, Nick N3WG/6 On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.comwrote: Nice skins but a K3 IPOD app would be cooler. Steve N4LQ

[Elecraft] Random Wire from KAT2

2009-10-29 Thread Nick Garner
Howdy Folks, I usually run my KX1 like this http://n3wg.com/kx1.jpg, with wire straight off the antenna connector using the internal tuner. I've had my K2 for about 8 years now and I'd like to add the internal tuner. Is anyone running wire straight off the KAT2 antenna connectors when portable

Re: [Elecraft] IPhone apps: remote control of K3, etc.?

2009-06-30 Thread Nick Garner
Thank you, Weymouth. I'm given a limited amount of promotional codes to give away HamLog for free. To give back to the Elecraft community that has served us all so well over the years, I'd be happy to give away the software to the first ten iPhone owners who reply direct. The codes expire after

Re: [Elecraft] IPhone apps: remote control of K3, etc.?

2009-06-30 Thread Nick Garner
All HamLog promo codes have been claimed. Thanks folks! 73, Nick N3WG On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Nick Garner nwgar...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Weymouth. I'm given a limited amount of promotional codes to give away HamLog for free. To give back to the Elecraft community that has