We will also be putting up a K3 Remote page on the Elecraft page shortly with app notes, FAQ etc.
Elecraft will also be offering the Remoterig boxes and matching K3 cables for sale on our web page shortly, along with a K3/0 control rig (no RF inside). Stay tuned! 73, Eric www.elecraft.com On 12/7/2011 11:02 PM, Mitch Wolfson DJØQN wrote: > Doug, > > You and anyone else having specific Elecraft Twin questions should post > your questions directly on the Microbit (RemoteRig) forum at: > <http://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php> > > to answer question 2: The remote K3 becomes your local K3. You are > essentially using the local one only as a control panel for the remote > K3, so of course the audio and other settings will be that of the remote > K3. > > to answer question 3: You will find the directions on page 167 of the > latest RemoteRig manual at<http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=97> > If you have any further questions, just post a message on their forum, > or drop me a note and I can help you directly. > > 73, > Mitch DJ0QN > > On 08.12.2011 00:30, D Joyce wrote: >> Folks: >> >> Following Eric's announcement last Friday, I setup a K3/10 as the "local" >> and the K3/100 as the "remote" along with a KPA-500, made up the one new E3c >> keying cable for the "remote / radio" site and have been trying things out >> since Monday night. Still running things over my local LAN, but for the >> most part things work very slick. I still have some things to configure >> properly and a few settings I don't fully understand. Perhaps some of those >> who were able to work with the pre-Beta versions for a few weeks would >> explain a couple of things for me. >> >> 1. It's not obvious how the KPA-500 fits into this control system. In the >> previous (non-twin) approach, I used the KPA-500 Utility through the "free" >> Com1 channel of the RRC-1258 to turn the KPA-500 on / off and to monitor >> power and other performance parameters. Is it still the intention to use >> the KPA Utility with this new Program mode "14" approach or is there another >> way? Would appreciate some further details. >> >> 2. It's not clear how the audio and rf gain settings on the two K3s should >> be set. Seems that the settings on the "remote" K3 override whatever has >> been set on the "local" K3. So my settings at the moment are to have rf >> gain set at full CW for both main and sub on both K3s, to have AF gain on >> the "remote" K3 set at 12 o'clock for both main and sub and then use the >> audio controls on the "local" K3 for final admjustments. BTW I'm running >> the two channels of AF output from the "local" RRC to a pair of Timewave >> DSP-9+ units which feed separate speakers and the line outputs go to an old >> IBM PIII-600 running XP SP3 with two instances of MMTTY. >> >> 3. The Microbit setup Mgr v1.10 ( I couldn't get v1.12 to load - a Windows >> problem) sets up four virtual Com ports (see pg 75 of the new rev A17 RRC >> manual) Com 0, 1, 2 and FSK. I have the new ComFSK port working for FSK >> keying but I'm not sure how to configure for eg DX4Win to make use of Com 0, >> 1& 2. Further details would be helpful. >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> 73, Doug VE3MV >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> Mitch Wolfson >> DJØQN / K7DX >> Georg-Kerschensteiner-Str. 42, 81829 Muenchen, Germany >> Skype: mitchwo - Home:+49 89 32152700 - Mobile:+49 172 8374436 >> Echolink: 3001 - IRLP: 5378 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
