It all depends on what you want to achieve. There are many different reasons for hams to want to operate RC. Different requirements probably call for different solutions.
If you want to operate your home rig (or for that matter a real remote rig) when you are not at home, eg. when travelling, it might be both expensive and unpractical using the K3/0-Mini and RemoteRig set. Expensive or not depends on your financial situation of course. But you will spend something like 1270 USD and you will have to carry around some boxes and cables etc. But you have the luxury of having a very attractive man/machine interface! Still for the traveller: If you want an inexpensive solution, if you can accept to operate your rig from a computer screen and *if* you anyway carry a laptop ot iPad (or even iPhone) and you already have a PC in your shack (you can do away with a cheap notebook) you can limit your investment to less than 100 USD and still operate your K3+KPA+Kat500 quite satisfactorily. I dare to say so because I have done it for many years (>20k QSOs over 10 years, all CW). You will need to dig into some details about setting up networks and handle computers, so if you dont like to do this, it might not be your solution. I would not say it is free of problems/challenges, but I started from scratch, and am very satisfied with how it works. But if on the other hand you want to set up a stationary operating pos. for a remote station, it is a completely different ball game and I think the K3/0-Mini and RemoteRig set is by far the best solution for that situation. So my advice to you is to first of all find out what kind of use you are looking for and then select a solution. 73 de Paul OZ4UN Sent from my iPad > On 26 May 2015, at 14:40, jlbates4 <jlbat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm in the midst of a terrible urge to spend some $$'s and the K3/0'-Mini's > siren call is hard to resist. I've done a bit of reading on the RemoteRig > products and there is scare info on the K3/0 mini. > > I'd love to hear any testimonials, rig setups, real-world latency > commentary, or even how you manage the firmware. > > Anyone play with the codecs? Thoughts on the different audio quality? > > My current though is using the K3/0-Mini on the same local network and I do > some occasional work travel, might be nice to take it with me. > > Comments encouraged!!! > > > 73 de K8OI > > > > ----- > K8OI > mailto:jlbat...@gmail.com > (804) 592-1068 > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-0-Mini-Experiences-tp7603508.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to p...@tele.gl ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
