[Elecraft] Remote K2
Due to antenna restrictions, I am thinking of controlling my K2 remotely and would be interested in any advice. I want to run the K2 control software from my home computer and connect to the radio over a virtual serial port via telephone or UHF link. I could use a second phone line or UHF link to get audio back and forth. I currently use N4PY software to control the radio via my computer. Anyone tried this? What equipment would I need? What software for the link? Do I need a computer at the remote site? Thanks in advance. 73 de NA8M John ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Remote K2
John: Check out http://www.trx-manager.com for rig control and http://www.skype.com for audio. Both work great. TRX Manager can be controlled over tcp-ip and skype does an excellent job with audio. You really need a high speed connection for it to work well. I'm currently running a TS-480 via remote and its almost plug and play. TRX will handle rotor control, cw and will give you full software control of the K2. You will need a computer at both ends as Skype uses the sound card to get audio back and forth. One of these days when I build a K2 I will remote it also. Also check out N8LP's web site at http://www.telepostinc.com/n8lp.html he has quite a few good ideas with diagrams along with some downloadable software. I don't have any connection with the above links, I'm just a happy user. I've been running remote since the late 90's and this is the best system by far. 73, Rich - N5ZC - Original Message - From: John Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:12 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Remote K2 Due to antenna restrictions, I am thinking of controlling my K2 remotely and would be interested in any advice. I want to run the K2 control software from my home computer and connect to the radio over a virtual serial port via telephone or UHF link. I could use a second phone line or UHF link to get audio back and forth. I currently use N4PY software to control the radio via my computer. Anyone tried this? What equipment would I need? What software for the link? Do I need a computer at the remote site? Thanks in advance. 73 de NA8M John ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Remote K2
Richard - Thanks for the info. I'd like to avoid tcp/ip if I could because of what I assume is the latency involved. I want to operate a remote radio and yet still want to have QSK CW. Does your set-up allow QSK? I don't have an internet connection faster than dial-up and doubt I could get anything better at a remote site. The latency may be an incorrect assumption on my part and I'd appreciate being corrected. Thanks again, 73 de NA8M John John: Check out http://www.trx-manager.com for rig control and http://www.skype.com for audio. Both work great. TRX Manager can be controlled over tcp-ip and skype does an excellent job with audio. You really need a high speed connection for it to work well. I'm currently running a TS-480 via remote and its almost plug and play. TRX will handle rotor control, cw and will give you full software control of the K2. You will need a computer at both ends as Skype uses the sound card to get audio back and forth. One of these days when I build a K2 I will remote it also. Also check out N8LP's web site at http://www.telepostinc.com/n8lp.html he has quite a few good ideas with diagrams along with some downloadable software. I don't have any connection with the above links, I'm just a happy user. I've been running remote since the late 90's and this is the best system by far. 73, Rich - N5ZC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Remote K2
Yes Jack, you're right... obviously some kind of encoding is required. I guess you could invent you own, maybe using fsk, but tcp/ip is there and it works. I think he may be saying he wants to avoid an internet connection. I had excellent results using ISDN... high quality audio, low latency, two isolated channels, one for data and one for audio... total security with passwords for connection on both channels, etc. It's widely available in my area, and not too expensive (cheaper than DSL or cable at both ends). Technically you could use a modem without tcp/ip, but then you only have control of one serial port... whereas the serial servers allow control of virtually an unlimited number of serial ports. TRX-Manager also offers an excellent way of running remote control using a built-in telnet server, but it requires TRX-Manager to be running on computers at both ends which complicates things a lot. It has a number of nice features though. Larry N8LP Jack Brindle wrote: The only way to avoid TCP/IP would be to set up a dedicated twisted pair between your place and the remote location. This is a very expensive solution, and I'd bet you really don't want to spring for it. The reason that you really need to use TCP/IP is that it is the only protocol suite that is commonly passed among the internet. Pretty much all other protocols are blocked. The only alternative realistically would be to set up at least one phone line at the radio site to carry the control and data information to and from the radio. The device would have to answer the phone, connect to the radio and start controlling things. There would need to be a separate path for the voice or CW data so that rig controls data would not interfere with it - thus you would really need two lines. Of course, this could also be a phone line which carries DSL. One function of the box would be to make sure that only you can operate the rig, and that the rig does NOT transmit when you are not controlling it live. Somehow I suspect that the other TCP/IP networked solutions might actually provide what you need. There are some pretty cool ones as you are now learning... On Oct 11, 2004, at 5:56 AM, John Huffman wrote: ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
