Wayne What worries me is having a very expensive device like a K4 connected in a remote place, to the antennas, power and internet
How to avoid damage to the equipment? Last week I experienced a lightning strike and the I/O module of my KPA1500 was damaged, what has Elecraft thought to ensure that the equipment is not damaged? With the remote K3, what was connected to the network was the remoterig, with the K4 what is connected to the network is a device worth more than 6000 dollars So, since the I/O module does not have sufficient protections, what is Elecraft's recommendation to protect them? thanks, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W El sáb, 4 may 2024 a las 12:41, Wayne Burdick (<n...@elecraft.com>) escribió: > Now that Remote is available to all K4 owners, we'd love to hear how > you're using it. > > For me, Remote has added an unexpected new dimension to HF QRP operation. > > At my home station in the SF Bay area, I have a mediocre antenna farm (OCF > dipole and a 16' vertical). Nothing rotates. Nothing changes length at the > touch of a button. Birds who fly through my near-field live to tell their > young. > > Worse, I'm at the mercy of my electrically noisy neighbors. > > Fortunately, I have a friend who lives 800 miles north of my QTH. He has > huge directive antennas on a massive tower, not to mention an unbelievably > low noise floor. I've been envious of his riparian RF ecosystem for years, > mine being a desert in comparison. > > Now, using K4 Remote, I can virtually operate his station whenever he (or > someone else) isn't using it. And since I'm controlling his K4 with my own, > there's no difference in the UI or feature set. I've still got three > 400-count optical encoders for VFO A, B, and RIT/XIT; QSK CW with AFX > stereo; all the same computer and software interfaces, and his high-res > panadapter on my LCD and HDMI monitor. > > (It's not just the next best thing to being there. It *is* being there.) > > Once he installed the new beta release, I kicked off a new effort: 1-watt > CW DXCC. With his antennas, it shouldn't take long. > > For example, the other day I was tuning around 20 meters locally (i.e., > using my own antenna) and heard only a few EU stations, peaking around S5. > Three seconds later I was using my friend's station -- the band was now > wall-to-wall S9+ DX. I dialed his radio down to 1 Watt and immediately > picked up a few new ones. > > While many K4 owners will be using Remote with KPA1500s, chasing top spots > in contests and adding to their 300+ country totals, some of us will be > nibbling at the fringes, like so many cleaner wrasses on a great white. I > hope to hear these stories, as well. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to cx6vm.jo...@gmail.com > -- 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
