Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-03 Thread David Box
Wayne Just looking at the updated manuals and wanted to know about the DC input power range limits.  On page 4 of the new update its ays power of 13.8 to 14.2V preferred.  I have been running my K3s with an input power of 14.8V based on IMD tests I have done.  What is the safe range for DC in

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-02 Thread Phillip Heller via Elecraft
+1 to this. > On Nov 2, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Phil Genera wrote: > > I have neither a K4 nor a loop controller from Loftur[0], but my dream is > adding an ethernet interface to the latter and controlling it from the > former. > > [0] > https://sites.google.com/site/lofturj/to-automatically-tune-a-m

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-02 Thread Phil Genera
I have neither a K4 nor a loop controller from Loftur[0], but my dream is adding an ethernet interface to the latter and controlling it from the former. [0] https://sites.google.com/site/lofturj/to-automatically-tune-a-magnetic-loop-antenna -- Phil On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 11:20 AM Wayne Burdick

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-02 Thread Jim Miller
Nothing yet. I'm waiting to see what is possible. Thanks! jim ab3cv On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 11:18 AM Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > > > This is mentioned in the online manual. However there's no suggestion as > to > > how it would interact with an

Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-02 Thread Wayne Burdick
> On Nov 2, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > This is mentioned in the online manual. However there's no suggestion as to > how it would interact with an external device. Obviously some code inside > the K4 would need to do some signalling, perhaps written by an approved ISV. > > How wou

[Elecraft] K4 Remote Antenna button

2020-11-02 Thread Jim Miller
This is mentioned in the online manual. However there's no suggestion as to how it would interact with an external device. Obviously some code inside the K4 would need to do some signalling, perhaps written by an approved ISV. How would it physically transmit commands? USB, Ethernet? I don't see