Multi two with two K3's

[Keith Bainbridge-2]

Our club VK6ANC has just been lucky enough to buy two K3's thanks to a
grant from the Lotteries here in Western Australia.
We've also bought a Sixpack and two controllers and are about to buy
either ICE filters or Dunestar filters.
We operate contests as multi one or multi two depending on the number of
available operators.
We also use WinTest as our preferred contesting software.
What we would like to know from those of you out there is have any of
you any experience with similar setups please.
We would like to be able to control all antenna/band switching/filter
selection from Wintest if possible, but with the option for manual
selection to scan around the bands with the spotter station in the multi
one scenario.
Will the K3 handle this type of operation, or do we need more
interfacing gear to do this?
We are SSB operators 99% of the time as we just dont have any CW
contestors here in the club.
If you can offer any advice we would appreciate your assistance !
73
Keith
K3 serial 133 and 2 x K2's

--
Keith
VK6XH / VK6DXR
Chairman WIA VK6 Advisory Committee.
Northern Corridor Radio Group Inc VK6ANC
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[Dave Hachadorian]

It sounds like you are on the right track. You will need two
band decoders to convert from Elecraft's (same as Yaesu's)
four digit band code to individual signals for each ham
band. Decoders are available from Top Ten Devices, Array
Solutions, Unified Microsystems, and perhaps others.

If you put the Six-Pak controller within reach of the
spotter station, and add a manual/auto switch to that
channel of the Six-Pak, the spotter will be able to select
unusual antenna combinations. Otherwise, the spotter can
just change bands on the radio, and the BPF's and antennas
will follow automatically.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Bainbridge" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Multi two with two K3's

> Our club VK6ANC has just been lucky enough to buy two K3's
> thanks to a
> grant from the Lotteries here in Western Australia.
> We've also bought a Sixpack and two controllers and are
> about to buy
> either ICE filters or Dunestar filters.
> We operate contests as multi one or multi two depending on
> the number of
> available operators.
> We also use WinTest as our preferred contesting software.
> What we would like to know from those of you out there is
> have any of
> you any experience with similar setups please.
> We would like to be able to control all antenna/band
> switching/filter
> selection from Wintest if possible, but with the option
> for manual
> selection to scan around the bands with the spotter
> station in the multi
> one scenario.
> Will the K3 handle this type of operation, or do we need
> more
> interfacing gear to do this?
> We are SSB operators 99% of the time as we just dont have
> any CW
> contestors here in the club.
> If you can offer any advice we would appreciate your
> assistance !
> 73
> Keith
> K3 serial 133 and 2 x K2's
>
> --
> Keith
> VK6XH / VK6DXR
> Chairman WIA VK6 Advisory Committee.
> Northern Corridor Radio Group Inc VK6ANC
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