A couple of possibilities: Use a USB/Serial converter at the tuner end and employ a USB over CAT5 extender device/cable to get there. CAT5 cable is cheap. There are also RS422/RS232 converters out there. RS422 is good for about 4000 feet as I remember and the converters are not very expensive.
More expensive but more flexible is a run of duplex fiber optic cable with fiber/Ethernet converters on each end. I use this method and run the fiber in the same conduit as the coaxes between the radios and the tuners/amps. Fiber of course ensures no radiated noise. Plus if you want to control something else at the far end it’s easy to expand. Ken K6MR From: Va3ied Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 06:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote KAT500 My tower and garden shed are about 150 feet away. I have LMR400 buried inside some PEX pipe. Would like to use the KAT500 inside the shed...not sure how well a serial connection that distance would work! scott va3ied -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Remote-KAT500-tp7604849p7612014.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
