All good until you try to use the P3 locally. Then cabling turns into spaghetti again. We'll not exactly spaghetti but less orderly.
Spoiled by local K3S/P3. ;-) jim ab3cv On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, exactly. Elecraft provides [for a small charge] a cable adapter that > neatly connects the RemoteRig to the K3s or K3/0 via the USB port. Your > micand headphones go into the K3s or K3/0 giving you all the options of > front/back panel, bias on/off from the menu, etc.To operate locally from > the control site, just pull the USB connector from the RemoteRig box. > > With a K3 as control, as I have, the RemoteRig connects to the K3 RS-232 > CAT port, and when operating remote, the mic and phones go to the RRC box. > For local operation on my HOA Stealth ant, I have to disconnect the CAT > port and move the mic and phones to the K3. The K3 internal keyer only > works locally. > > So, not *all* the cablingand plugging/unplugging goes away with a K3s or > K3/0, but much of it does, what is left is fairly esthetic [if you're into > artful cables], and the functions in the K3s or K3/0 all work normally, > remote or local. Almost enough to prompt me to upgrade to a K3s. > > 73, > > Fred ("Skip") K6DGW > Sparks NV USA > Washoe County DM09dn > > On 8/14/2017 8:19 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > >> Thanks for all info so far. I *do* enjoy the reduced cabling resulting >> from the upgrade from K3 to K3S. Looks like that goes away with RemoteRig. >> >> I'll keep looking... >> >> 73 >> >> jim ab3cv >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
