I did purchase from Elecraft, and the jumpers were all installed. I was up and running in minutes. Thanks to all who responded.
73 de Brian/W3BW On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:23 AM Gerry Hull <gerry.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > The advantage of buying from Elecraft is the RRC units are preconfigured > for K3 twins and the internal jumpers are all configured. > > After many years and many stations. I still believe this blows away any > other remote setup (even though no panadapter). > > I use surplus Digi Portsever II IP to serial servers to give me up to 16 > serial ports that appear as local on the remote station. You can do this > for $50. > > 73, > > Gerry W1VE > K3 + RRC Remote from VY1AAA, VE4EA, VE9XX, K2LE, K1IR and others... > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 10:38 PM Barry Baines via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > >> Brian: >> >> > On Sep 16, 2019, at 10:13 PM, Brian F. Wruble <bwru...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I may need to buy another unit for my K3. I just discovered that they >> are >> > no longer sold through the Elecraft website. Is that correct? >> > >> > Do I buy directly from RemoteRig? Are they available anyplace else? >> >> The Elecraft website still lists the Remote Rig units (RRC-1258MKII) for >> use with the K3/0-mini with pricing but there aren’t images showing what >> the products look like. I was also able to add the Remote Rig 1258MKII >> to the website’s ‘cart’ so presumably that means they are still available. >> >> An alternative source is Ham Radio Outlet. The last time I looked, they >> were selling the entire line of Remote Rig products. However, RRC-1258MKII >> units purchased through HRO would require the user installing the proper >> internal jumpers to work with Elecraft whereas the version offered by >> Elecraft are preconfigured for their products. HRO also offers the >> RC-1216H that provides a web-based interface to remotely manage the KPA-500 >> as well as certain rotors such as the Green Heron RT-21. I purchased two >> RC-1216H devices - one to control my KPA-500 and the second to control my >> Orion rotor through the Green Heron controller. I just wish they expanded >> their product’s capability to also manage the KAT500! >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Barry Baines, WD4ASW >> Keller, TX >> (Currently in Boston, MA) >> >> >> > >> > Tnx. 73 de Brian/W3BW >> > -- >> > >> > *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. >> > The Conch Republic >> > "We seceded where others failed." >> > ______________________________________________________________ >> > 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 bbai...@mac.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 ge...@w1ve.com > > -- *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. The Conch Republic "We seceded where others failed." ______________________________________________________________ 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
