Peter W2IRT et. al. In the words of the Immortal Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott of Star Fleet:
"The more complex they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." Flex's are nice, they do nice things. My lowly K3/KPA500/KAT500/P3 station integrates just fine with anything I have here: It works in a SO2R environment with my secondary TS590s managed by microHAM u2R and two microKEYERs Via N1MMPlus Logger. Radio selection and Antenna switching is a one button push operation from N1MMPlus. When I use an amp (which I usually don't when doing SO2R), its integrated into my computer screen via the Elecraft KPA Remote application. My antenna tuner is also displayed on the screen via the KAT remote application. I have a programmable keyboard with a "Jog Knob" that allows me to tune the VFO on EITHER radio from the keyboard. N1MMPlus allows me to remotely select filters from the keyboard. My keyboard memory macros allow multiple button pushes and setting changes with a single selection. I can automatically clear RIT every time I log a QSO. I can tune RIT right from the keyboard and tune the rig from the Jog Knob for S&P operation. I can turn on the KRX3 and set splits or diversity receive all with a single button push of my keyboard macro memory. The only thing I currently cannot do is mouse on a peak in the P3 and click to go there. Working on that. All of this with a radio and PC I purchased in 2006. The system will be 10 years old next month. Flex was not ready when I was looking. They have come a long way. Craig K9CT has Maestro in his station. I'm sure it will be developed more and more as he and his ops beat on it. I'm sure more things are to come from Eric and Wayne. Time will tell. But what I have is simple, competitive, reliable and has been, for 10 years now. And I'm not totally dependent on a computer platform. I'm not that great of an op. I'm also antenna challenged here in the middle of the city. But I win my share. And I credit my K3 station for a lot of this success. Lu Romero - W4LT Tampa, FL (ARRL WCF Section) K-Line - Tribander at 40 feet - 2 Half waves in phase for 40 - Vertical Dipole for 40m/Diversity receive #1 SOLP Unlimited - Sweepstakes SSB 2016 ______________________________________________________________ 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]
