Logging and sailing - PDA?

[K4TM]

I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St. Maarten and British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3 with me.  I logged by hand the last trip and don't want to do that again.  I'm not wild about taking a laptop either.  Has anyone had any luck with using something like a PDA with a logging program and portable keyboard?
Be nice if the K3 had a logging program built into it and a portable keyboard for entry but that's wishful thinking!
I expect to hear from Lisa any day now, having ordered on May 2nd...
Any ideas?
73,
Cary, K4TM
Lynchburg, VA
K2-100 #5266
K3-100 <#200 waiting expectantly



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[M0XDF]

Take a look at http://www.g4fon.net/QSO%20Diary.htm
If you've got a Palm


On 5/12/07 16:22, "H. Cary III" <[hidden email]> sent:

> I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St. Maarten and
> British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3 with me.  I logged by
> hand the last trip and don't want to do that again.  I'm not wild about taking
> a laptop either.  Has anyone had any luck with using something like a PDA with
> a logging program and portable keyboard?
> Be nice if the K3 had a logging program built into it and a portable keyboard
> for entry but that's wishful thinking!
> I expect to hear from Lisa any day now, having ordered on May 2nd...
> Any ideas?
> 73,
> Cary, K4TM
> Lynchburg, VA
> K2-100 #5266
> K3-100 <#200 waiting expectantly

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[Julian, G4ILO]

H. Cary III wrote

I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St. Maarten and British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3 with me.  I logged by hand the last trip and don't want to do that again.  I'm not wild about taking a laptop either.  Has anyone had any luck with using something like a PDA with a logging program and portable keyboard?

Take a look at CTR-Remote (http://ctr-remote.home.att.net/CTR-Remote.htm). It supports the K2. I've never actually used it for logging, but having searched for ham software for PDAs, I think that's all there is.

[M0XDF]

Thanks for second post on that Julian - this time I looked at it :-)

I'm a Palm man really, but I have an old iPaq that was kinda permanent loan
and I'd be interested in knowing if anyone gets this going with a K3.
And then if anyone has Mac sync to get logs off - or maybe copy to SD card
and take from there.


On 5/12/07 16:39, "G4ILO" <[hidden email]> sent:

>
>
> H. Cary III wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St. Maarten
>> and British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3 with me.  I
>> logged by hand the last trip and don't want to do that again.  I'm not
>> wild about taking a laptop either.  Has anyone had any luck with using
>> something like a PDA with a logging program and portable keyboard?
> Take a look at CTR-Remote (http://ctr-remote.home.att.net/CTR-Remote.htm).
> It supports the K2. I've never actually used it for logging, but having
> searched for ham software for PDAs, I think that's all there is.
>
> -----
> Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392  K3 s/n: ???
> G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
> Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf

--
The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people
think. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)


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[Doug Faunt N6TQS [phone]]

Note that "windows" for PDA's doesn't use the same executables (or
even, I think, the same source), so the program almost certainly have
to be ported.  Given the scarcity of serial port solutions, it's
unlikely the port to a PDA is a high priority.  I could be wrong about
all of this, of course, but I'm confident I'll be corrected if I'm
not.

I've used little Sony Picturebook computers that run real Windows 98 for much
operation, and they'll do the trick.  Look at
http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/newpics5/t32qs.jpg
That's a "ruggedized" K2, MFJ-4125 and a Sony.  I was using a PAR
20M EndFedZ strung along the low waterfront trees.

I have a Palm TX, which I like a lot.

73, doug

   Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:49:31 +0000
   From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[hidden email]>

   Thanks for second post on that Julian - this time I looked at it :-)

   I'm a Palm man really, but I have an old iPaq that was kinda permanent loan
   and I'd be interested in knowing if anyone gets this going with a K3.
   And then if anyone has Mac sync to get logs off - or maybe copy to SD card
   and take from there.


   On 5/12/07 16:39, "G4ILO" <[hidden email]> sent:

   >
   >
   > H. Cary III wrote:
   >>
   >> I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St. Maarten
   >> and British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3 with me.  I
   >> logged by hand the last trip and don't want to do that again.  I'm not
   >> wild about taking a laptop either.  Has anyone had any luck with using
   >> something like a PDA with a logging program and portable keyboard?
   > Take a look at CTR-Remote (http://ctr-remote.home.att.net/CTR-Remote.htm).
   > It supports the K2. I've never actually used it for logging, but having
   > searched for ham software for PDAs, I think that's all there is.
   >
   > -----
   > Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392  K3 s/n: ???
   > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
   > Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf

   --
   The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people
   think. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)


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[aa2vk]

Check out
http://home.mchsi.com/~k0pc/K2Logger.htm

I still run it on a palm 105.  Nice thing is that all you need is a 105
( used for about $20 ) and the sync stand that comes with it.
Add a null converter or null cable and it plugs right into the K2 data port.

pic is here  ;    http://users.erols.com/tjmc/k2palm.jpg

The prgm has user setup hot buttons for cw sending and reads/can change
the freq of the K2 when logging.

best
Tom aa2vk

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[Nigel-14]

I used CTR-Remote successfully last year with an ipaq H3970 and my K2 when
operating W7/ZL2DF in Seattle.  

I was able to 'drive' the K2 from the ipaq and when logging calls, the freq,
time mode were automatically transferred to CTR-Remote.   Back home, I was
able to directly import the log file into DxKeeper, my main logging program.

The interconnection between the ipaq and the K2 was using a cable from
Serialio
https://serialio.com//store/index.php?cPath=54&osCsid=4a04709b69ad6517aaf9c1
937313834f
Which plugged directly into the db9 K2IO cable -  no null modem needed.

I think this would drive a K3 too for the limited data you would need for
logging in a 'portable' type operation.

73,  Nigel ZL2DF



On 5/12/07 16:39, "G4ILO" <[hidden email]> sent:

>
>
> H. Cary III wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to be hamming and sailing in the Caribbean in March (St.
>> Maarten and British Virgin Islands) and will take either my K2 or K3
>> with me.  I logged by hand the last trip and don't want to do that
>> again.  I'm not wild about taking a laptop either.  Has anyone had
>> any luck with using something like a PDA with a logging program and
>> portable keyboard?
> Take a look at CTR-Remote
> (http://ctr-remote.home.att.net/CTR-Remote.htm).
> It supports the K2. I've never actually used it for logging, but having
> searched for ham software for PDAs, I think that's all there is.
>

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