Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 on YouTube...

2012-02-17 Thread Mitch Wolfson DJØQN
I am curious how they interfaced the RRC and K3/0. Normally, the microphone would plug into the RRC and not into the K3 front panel. Obviously, some special cabling has been added to support this. The speaker audio would normally also come out of the RRC, so maybe this has been routed through

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 on YouTube...

2012-02-17 Thread Adde Tjernberg
True, I did not notice that. Very interesting. But the video also answers another question The price! $695-$795... Not too bad :) Adde, SM0SHG / SH0G 18 feb 2012 kl. 02:22 skrev Mitch Wolfson DJØQN dj...@gmx.net: I am curious how they interfaced the RRC and K3/0. Normally, the microphone

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 on YouTube...

2012-02-17 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] En nombre de Adde Tjernberg Enviado el: Sábado, 18 de Febrero de 2012 04:34 a.m. Para: dj...@arrl.net CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 on YouTube... True, I did not notice that. Very interesting. But the video also

[Elecraft] K3/0

2012-02-16 Thread TF4M
I now have my RemoteRig for Elecraft K3-Twin set up and tested but only one K3. Is there any news on the availability of the K3/0 ? Can I order one somewhere? Don´t know how long I can hold my breath :-) 73 Thor, TF4M http://tf4m.com/ -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-02-16 Thread TF4M
I should elaborate: I am now running one fully loaded K3 in my station. I am testing the RemoteRig RRC within my LAN - I have only one K3 so I am controlling the station through the link using Ham Radio Deluxe i.e. on a computer. The setup has already been tested remotely, i.e. from outside

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-02-16 Thread K8TB
Thor, Elecraft was hoping to have the K3/0 on the web site last week, and they apologized about missing last week, and they now hope it is this week. I am fortunate in that I have two K3's, one at my remote site and one locally at home. When Elecraft came out with the firmware to link the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-02-16 Thread TF4M
hi Tom, thanks for the update.I managed to secure a K3 on loan for next Month when I have to be away from my station, so I am not holding my breath anymore.. Will get a K3/0 as soon as they become available though. 73 Thor, TF4M -- View this message in context:

[Elecraft] K3/0 question to Elecraft

2012-02-16 Thread Jan Erik Holm
Will the K3/0 in the future be expandable to a K3/10 or K3/100 ? Since, if I haven´t got the wrong information, the price tag of the K3/0 is about half of a basic K3 this could be nice. 73 Jim __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-10 Thread Ron Gould
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Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Wait for the posting and addition to the web page. I am here in Orlando for the Orlando Hamcatin ARRL hamfest. I ran out of time this week to get it on the web site as I had to prep for the show and catch an early Flight on Thursday. Next week, I hope! I apologize for the delay. 73, Eric

[Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Hello, Anyone know another place out of HRO that sell the Remoterig in US? This guys at HRO don´t answer order emails!. I need to know wich is the K3 model. From the website I don´t know if they have it. So Wayne, when will be available to buy Remoterig from Elecraft? Can you give

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Mitch Wolfson DJØQN
Jorge, The standard RemoteRig RRC set supports the K3 Twin mode, there is not a separate one hardware-wise, like there is for Yaesu. There is a separate box available called K3 Twin that adds all the cables necessary to connect both K3's to their respective RRC's. However, you can build

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
I will have the K3/0 and the Remoterig boxes up on our order page and website later this week. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 2/6/2012 11:07 AM, Mitch Wolfson DJØQN wrote: Jorge, The standard RemoteRig RRC set supports the K3 Twin mode, there is not a separate one hardware-wise, like

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Keith Heimbold
I remember in some topics that the KX3 will be leverageable as a remote rig. I am looking forward to more info on that topic and capability, because that will be the first capability expansion I will purchase from Elecraft after I receive the KX3. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 KX3 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Robert Galambos
Does this also go for the KX3. just wondering what the different options we have with the new rig On 12-02-06 2:07 PM, Mitch Wolfson DJØQN wrote: Jorge, The standard RemoteRig RRC set supports the K3 Twin mode, there is not a separate one hardware-wise, like there is for Yaesu. There is a

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Wayne Burdick
We do plan to add our fast remote rig protocol to the KX3. Initially it will be for KX3-to-KX3 only, but we're talking about allowing a KX3 to control a remote K3 as well. The trick will be translating the similar but not identical control sets. Can't put a date on either of these yet.

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
for another USA dealer. 73, Jorge CX6VM -Mensaje original- De: Mitch Wolfson DJØQN [mailto:dj...@gmx.net] Enviado el: Lunes, 06 de Febrero de 2012 05:08 p.m. Para: Jorge Diez - CX6VM CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig Jorge, The standard RemoteRig

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Great news Eric Thanks! -Mensaje original- De: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [mailto:e...@elecraft.com] Enviado el: Lunes, 06 de Febrero de 2012 05:17 p.m. Para: dj...@arrl.net CC: Mitch Wolfson DJØQN; Jorge Diez - CX6VM; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
DJØQN [mailto:dj...@gmx.net] Enviado el: Lunes, 06 de Febrero de 2012 05:08 p.m. Para: Jorge Diez - CX6VM CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig Jorge, The standard RemoteRig RRC set supports the K3 Twin mode, there is not a separate one hardware-wise, like

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Adriano Perazio
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig Hi Jorge, You will be able to order the Remoterigs directly form Elecraft later this week. We have them in stock. 73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 2/6/2012 11:26 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: Thanks Mitch, Now is clear for me, so the standard

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 and Remoterig

2012-02-06 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: ...we're talking about allowing a KX3 to control a remote K3 as well = Oh yes indeedy, splendid idea. I am really looking forward to that setup with my new KX3. Tony KT0NY

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread Edward R. Cole
I guess I can see both sides on this issue. There is a group of about a dozen Swiss hams that formed a club and set up a 60-foot dish for eme. In Europe having sufficient land and room for one's own super-antenna farm is just about impossible. But the site is not commercial; the hams built

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread Richard Thorne
Joe, Excuse? I had no idea I had to have an excuse to either be on the air or off the air, interesting. 73, Rich - N5ZC On 1/16/2012 8:40 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: John, Everyone has an excuse for his own remote control application. All I'm saying is that wired remote control

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread drewko
I think we can safely say that operating a remote mountaintop station from the comfort of one's retirement home is nothing but a pipe dream for most of us. The extent of my own remote operations is likely to be from the far flung regions of my house. I'd be willing to pay about 150 bux for this

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread Mike
I like what you said, and how you said it! 73, Mike NF4L On 1/16/2012 8:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Joe said it smells and I'm just really curious why. You misquote me ... I said that argument that remote operation was a necessary answer to HOAs/other antenna restrictions and the only

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread Keith Heimbold
I thought this topic was terminated. Personally I'm tired of reading about it. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jan 17, 2012, at 6:34 AM, Mike n...@nf4l.com wrote: I like what you said, and how you said it! 73, Mike NF4L On 1/16/2012 8:33 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-17 Thread marcelo
Friends   After more than a year spent in making it work, Irsquo;ve been using my remote station since last September with huge success. For me itrsquo;s a natural solution, living in an apartment at the side of a huge granite mountain that blocks half of the globe.  I never thought of it

[Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Gregg Marco W6IZT
With the K3 remote functionality, will it be possible to receive on the remote K3 and transmit on the local K3? Gregg W6IZT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread k8tb
Gregg, If you are using a local (in shack) K3 to control the remote K3, then the answer is no, that local K3 is now just a control head for the remote K3. With the K3/0, this will be a seperate box, and if you have a local and a remote K3, then you will be able to use both at once, if you

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Wayne Burdick
Not at present. This may be possible, but I can't promise it. 73, Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Gregg Marco W6IZT w6i...@bellsouth.net wrote: With the K3 remote functionality, will it be possible to receive on the remote K3 and transmit on the local

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread N2TK, Tony
-Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:56 AM To: Gregg Marco W6IZT Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Not at present. This may be possible, but I can't

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Thomas Horsten
W6IZT Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Not at present. This may be possible, but I can't promise it. 73, Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Gregg Marco W6IZT w6i...@bellsouth.net wrote: With the K3 remote functionality

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Ted Bryant
. 73, Ted W4NZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of N2TK, Tony Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:24 PM To: 'Wayne Burdick'; 'Gregg Marco W6IZT' Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 I hope we

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Alan Bloom
, 2012 11:56 AM To: Gregg Marco W6IZT Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Not at present. This may be possible, but I can't promise it. 73, Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Gregg Marco W6IZT w6i...@bellsouth.net

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread N2TK, Tony
Marco W6IZT; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 One good reason would be that you could have full duplex receive/transmit, if you have a secondary site a ways away. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to hear the other station while you are transmitting? Another reason I can think

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Alan Bloom
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 14:11 -0500, N2TK, Tony wrote: Maybe even a remote club where several hams can enjoy the remote antennas? I can picture a home station involving just a laptop and low power KX3 tied into nice unmanned hilltop station. Maybe multiple rigs on the hilltop with amps,

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Richard Ferch
Alan, DXCC Section I, Rule 9, third sentence: For the purposes of this award, remote operating points must be located within the same DXCC entity as the transmitter and receiver. This says to me that the operator, the transmitter and the receiver must all be within the same DXCC entity. 73,

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Alan Bloom
Hi Rich, But at least I could have my receiver on the east coast. I wouldn't have to be listening through the aluminum curtain. Hmmm, my brother lives in Connecticut... Alan N1AL On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 14:23 -0500, Richard Ferch wrote: Alan, DXCC Section I, Rule 9, third sentence: For the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a radio club could set up a super station and offer remote access to its apartment-bound members. I keep hearing this - and the HOA limitation - as justification for remote operation. As far as I'm concerned both just

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Alan Bloom
I have a ham friend who lives in a studio apartment on the 13th floor. If he had a balcony he could attach a whip to the railing, but ND. It's a steel-frame building so indoor antennas are pretty useless. For someone like him I think a remote station would be a godsend. Some years ago, a local

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Of course that's how the commercial coastal stations of yore did full break-in; put the transmitters a number of miles from the receive site and key it via telephone lines. No need to mute the rx, no question whether the tx is working and the op knows exactly what it sounds like. Is there really

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Mike Markowski
Ron, That's just how K2USA, Fort Monmouth, NJ, worked until the base closed down forever a few months ago. I've previously posted to this list how much I enjoyed operating on their 700' rhombic when there, and it was always using my own call. Sometimes I used my K1, sometimes a borrowed

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Bill K9YEQ
for other use is what I would prefer. 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alan Bloom Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:57 PM To: Joe Subich, W4TV Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Bill K9YEQ
Markowski Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:26 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Ron, That's just how K2USA, Fort Monmouth, NJ, worked until the base closed down forever a few months ago. I've previously posted to this list how much I enjoyed operating on their 700' rhombic

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread N2TK, Tony
, 2012 5:26 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Ron, That's just how K2USA, Fort Monmouth, NJ, worked until the base closed down forever a few months ago. I've previously posted to this list how much I enjoyed operating on their 700' rhombic when there, and it was always

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread David Gilbert
So ... what exactly about that smells? You figure they're trying to cheat in some way? What else would you have against somebody doing that? Dave AB7E On 1/16/2012 2:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a radio club

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Phil Hystad
I will guess that Joe is suggesting that remote operation should not be needed to enjoy ham radio from any location. Maybe, I am just guessing. On Jan 16, 2012, at 3:25 PM, David Gilbert wrote: So ... what exactly about that smells? You figure they're trying to cheat in some way? What

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Ted Bryant
-Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of N2TK, Tony Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 6:04 PM To: 'Mike Markowski'; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Ron, The shack looks like it didn't change much like

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread N2TK, Tony
4:09 PM To: n...@sonic.net; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a radio club could set up a super station and offer remote access to its apartment-bound members. I keep hearing this - and the HOA limitation

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread David Gilbert
Although I've never had to deal with an HOA, I lived for thirty years in a neighborhood that frowned upon any kind of tower, and the lot was small enough that I didn't want one to dominate everything anyway. I worked over 300 countries with simple homebrew verticals and had lots of fun doing

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Joe said it smells and I'm just really curious why. You misquote me ... I said that argument that remote operation was a necessary answer to HOAs/other antenna restrictions and the only way to get on the air did not pass the smell test. As far as I am concerned, remote operation changes the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Don Wilhelm
Joe, I support and applaud your position. There are those who will support contacts at any cost, and that is just not ham radio to me - if you can buy contacts for dollars (or pounds or pesos), then it is no longer ham radio. One of the main rules of ham radio for me is the no pecuniary

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Dale Putnam
is immeasurably less!But my Thrill per Q is so immeasurably MORE!! --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:51:17 -0500 From: w3...@embarqmail.com To: li...@subich.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 Joe, I support and applaud your position

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread John K9UWA
Sorry but I disagree with a good share of this Joe. My Station is at My Home in Indiana. I built the station and I operate it Remotely during the wintertime while I am in Florida. John k9uwa Joe said it smells and I'm just really curious why. As far as I am concerned, remote operation

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Don, I support and applaud your position. There are those who will support contacts at any cost, and that is just not ham radio to me - if you can buy contacts for dollars (or pounds or pesos), then it is no longer ham radio. Thank you. However, my concern is not as much for the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread David Gilbert
Oh give me a break. Can you honestly tell me that there is a significant difference between driving your car over to a decked out club station to operate a contest versus doing the same thing via a remote link? Seriously?? I get really, really tired of some of you folks telling everyone

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
John, Everyone has an excuse for his own remote control application. All I'm saying is that wired remote control irrevocably changes the nature of amateur radio and that remote control is not a requirement for success and/or enjoyment of amateur radio in an antenna limited environment. Sure

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Tony Estep
Well, everybody gets their kicks from this or any hobby in their own personal way. For my part, I have not found it so easy to get to the honor roll as Joe has, possibly because Missouri is kinda far from the nearest salt water. With just a wire in the trees, there are some places in Asia and

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread David Gilbert
What is hands off about it. You still have to operate the same controls ... you just do it with a different interface. And could you explain more how that interface affects the value of ham radio? I don't see it at all. By the way, I find it extremely condescending of you to say that

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 1/16/2012 9:36 PM, David Gilbert wrote: Oh give me a break. Can you honestly tell me that there is a significant difference between driving your car over to a decked out club station to operate a contest versus doing the same thing via a remote link? Seriously?? Absolutely - the human

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Back a few years, a ham now a SK, had a mountain retreat, where he headed when he could. He built a remote station up there, quite superb, and did it without the benefit of the rather neat toys we have today. He would operate it from up there whenever he could, and remotely all the other times

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 [End of pro/con thread]

2012-01-16 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Folks, let's end the remote operation pro/con argument portion of this thread. If you feel the need to continue arguing please take it off list. We all enjoy this hobby for widely different reasons, and by using a wide range of technologies. Remember - It is a hobby, not a profession:-) We are

Re: [Elecraft] K3/0

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Brown
On 1/16/2012 9:38 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: This hobby really needs fewer intolerant and narrow minded old men ... I've missed this thread, which has obviously gone on for quite a while. But I SURE DO AGREE with this statement, except that I would change one word -- This WORLD really needs

Re: [Elecraft] ELECRAFT K3 :0)

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