Hi Toby A company called Glentech Corporation makes a controller that you might find useful.
see: www.glentekcorp.com There is a short takes review in QST Feb 2010 page 58. 73 John --- On Thu, 2/18/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] Product suggestion - Remote Panel for the K3 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 2:53 AM > Hi, > > as a cliff dweller in a large German city, with no chance > of putting > up my own antennas, according to the landlord, I am looking > into > possibilities of setting up a remote controlled station via > the > Internet using my K3. > > Unfortunately, the front panel of the K3 is not easily > detachable. > > I would like to suggest that Elecraft might want look in to > the > feasibility of offering a remoting box for the K3 with a K3 > like front > panel, which (together with interface equipment such as the > Remoterig > RRC-1258MkII) would offer complete, low latency control of > the K3. > Possibly such a box could also offer optional control of > rotors, > transverters, antenna switching, PAs, etc. > > I know at least one one OM, a contester, here in DL, who is > using the > RRC-1258MkII hardware the together with the detachable > front of the > Kenwood TS-480 via the Internet (ADSL) to control his day > to day > station. I haven't tried it out yet, but his experience > appears to be > surprisingly positive. The separate front panel is a really > neat > solution for this type of usage. Afaik, Remoterig uses a > hardware > codec, offering very low audio latency and a network > latency jitter > correction for CW keying. I don't know how well know the > remote > control system RRC-1258MkII is in the States, but there is > a lot of > information here <http://www.remoterig.com/>. > > > vy 73 de toby, DD5FZ > > > Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Remoterig and have no > personal > experience with it as of now. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
