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General discussion forum / Re: Remoting the K3

« on: 2010-03-23, 08:28:57 »

Part of the charm of the remote rig solution, is that it reduces the number of boxes needed at the radio end. If there is enough demand, to make the development work worthwhile, I would prefer to see an implementation of 2 audio channels (stereo) within RemoteRig without the need for "extra" external hardware.

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General discussion forum / Re: Remoting the K3

« on: 2010-02-19, 13:29:17 »

Thanks for the answers. 3 More questions:

1) Are there any plans for stereo codecs and/or boxes with more than two RS-232 ports?


2) Do you think that it would be feasible to sensibly to run two RemoteRig links over the same ADSL connection (Radio QTH: 6M down/500k up, Control QTH: 18M/1M, both with fastpath) simultaneously?

Something like this:

• RRC-1258MkII #1
  
  • TX audio with 8k Lin16
  • RX audio (main) with 8k Lin16
  • Radio control
  • CW keying
  • FSK keying
  • PA control
• RRC-1258MkII #2
  
  • RX audio (secondary) with 8k Lin16
  • Rotor control
  • ??? control
• WEB-Switch 1216E (or similar)

3) Are there any (real) disadvantages when setting both RS-232 ports to transparent? I think not, but want to be sure.

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General discussion forum / Remoting the K3

« on: 2010-02-18, 13:11:56 »

Hi,

I am interested in remote controlling the Elecraft K3 and have a few questions...

1) Are the audio codecs mono or stereo? The K3 with a secondary RX produces two audio streams, so a purely mono codec would be a disadvantage.

2) Are there any plans to fully support the entire K3 remote protocol <http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Programmer%27s_Ref_C9.pdf> to enable full control of the rig? The typical Kenwood protocol would only control a subset of the K3's functions.

3) If one needs to control several pieces of equipment, e.g. rig, rotor, PA, power meter, power supplies and antenna switches, simultaneously what might be the best way of doing this using the RRC-1258MkII & WEB-Switch 1216E?

4) Does anyone have any experience with digital modes using the FSK input (PSK31 & RTTY) and decoding the audio after it has been transported over the internet?

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