N1MM keying/RRC/K3

[w2yk]

At the remote site, have the K3/RRC and N1MM on a Win7 PC.  Controlling Antenna/rotator etc with N1MM on the remote PC using Win7 Remote Desktop.  Now I need the Function keys in N1MM to key the K3 for CW messages.  Do I need another RS232 on the Win7 PC to do this?

Thanks
Frank, W2YK

[sm2o]

Yes I think ithe easiest way. is to build a Serial to CW interface and use another serialport in the PC for that.

http://www.wb3w.net/CW_Serial.jpg

/mike

[W1UE]

Yes, you will need some kind of keyer like a Winkey to key at the remote site.

We use the setup that you described when we do a Multi-op contest operation, and we need the log to be present at the remote site for all to use.  If someone is doing a single-op effort remotely, we use N1MM on the control computer and send the keying out via the Remote Rig boxes.  Then the log stays at the Control computer.  Just depends on how you want to do it.

Dennis W1UE