Remote operation K3
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Greetings group. I have been toying with the idea of using the Remoterig setup but it seems to me other issues need to be addressed here. I understand the operation of the radio via Remoterig is fairly easy. What I am wondering is has anyone had any experience using the K3 to switch antenna switches and possibly rotor control. I need to switch antennas remotely at a minimum and am wondering what others might be doing for this? I have a antenna switch already which is a DX engineering 8 position one and it is controlled currently manually with their control box. DX engineering says Ameritron has a RCS 12C which will control their switch. Has anyone out there interfaced one of these with a K3 successfully or used other methods they might be willing to share? Thanks in advance.
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Ron,
If you select antennas according to band, the Elecraft KRC2 will work very well. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/7/2012 5:37 PM, Ron Gould wrote: > Greetings group. I have been toying with the idea of using the Remoterig setup but it seems to me other issues need to be addressed here. I understand the operation of the radio via Remoterig is fairly easy. What I am wondering is has anyone had any experience using the K3 to switch antenna switches and possibly rotor control. I need to switch antennas remotely at a minimum and am wondering what others might be doing for this? I have a antenna switch already which is a DX engineering 8 position one and it is controlled currently manually with their control box. DX engineering says Ameritron has a RCS 12C which will control their switch. Has anyone out there interfaced one of these with a K3 successfully or used other methods they might be willing to share? Thanks in advance. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: Remote operation K3
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Hi Ron,
In all the remote stations that I have been involved with, this has been the most complex issue to solve. However, I will give you a short summary of various methods that can be used. There are three general methods: 1) Antenna switches controlled remotely 2) Relays used to control separate switches remotely 3) Amplifiers with built-in antenna switches Here are details: 1) Antenna switches controlled remotely: This can in turn be split into two categories: a) Switches with full serial control: http://www.arraysolutions.com/eightpak.htm b) Switches controlled through band decoders Lots of examples, but can be complex and expensive: http://microham.com/index1.html http://www.ameritron.com/Product.php?productid=RCS-10LX http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/ratpak.htm http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/sixpak.htm <http://www.dxengineering.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=85&SecID=33&DeptID={5B8FC0A3-1D03-4603-B76D-F4F0DA53D8C1}> etc. 2) Relays used to control separate switches remotely This can as well be split into two categories: a) Relays controlled via AC through an IP switch (web power switch). Examples include: http://www.koukaam.se/products.php?cat_id=19 http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html etc. b) Relays controlled directly through ethernet. Examples include: http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=166 http://www.telepostinc.com/N8LP-Remote/index.html <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ethernet-Relay-controller-module-WEB-server-IP-/110726704273?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2517210939834087953#ht_4711wt_1185> http://home.arcor.de/dh2iw/bundles.html http://www.relaiskarten.de/pi-2120223197.htm?categoryId=3 http://denkovi.com/category/11/ip-relay-boards.html etc. 3) Amplifiers with built-in antenna switches These are examples of amplifiers that can be controlled via serial, USB (remote PC only) or ethernet and also can switch antennas: http://www.linear-amplifier.com/ http://www.hfpower.com/ (2000a with 2000S and 2000SW) http://www.om-power.com/om2500remote <http://www.rfconcepts.com/PRODUCTS/New-Products/Alpha-9500-Autotune-Full-Legal-Limit-Linear-Amplifier> Note that effectively any serial device can be remotely controlled over the internet by interfacing it with a serial server at the remote site. This can be a device like the ones from Lantronix, or can use a COM port from the RemoteRig RRC. USB devices are difficult to remote control, it is better to leave them connected to a remote PC and control that PC remotely. The best solutions overall are ethernet/IP based, since these can be controlled using a browser. If you have any further questions, just let me know. 73, Mitch DJ0QN On 07.03.2012 23:37, Ron Gould wrote: > Greetings group. I have been toying with the idea of using the Remoterig setup but it seems to me other issues need to be addressed here. I understand the operation of the radio via Remoterig is fairly easy. What I am wondering is has anyone had any experience using the K3 to switch antenna switches and possibly rotor control. I need to switch antennas remotely at a minimum and am wondering what others might be doing for this? I have a antenna switch already which is a DX engineering 8 position one and it is controlled currently manually with their control box. DX engineering says Ameritron has a RCS 12C which will control their switch. Has anyone out there interfaced one of these with a K3 successfully or used other methods they might be willing to share? Thanks in advance. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > Mitch Wolfson > DJØQN / K7DX > Georg-Kerschensteiner-Str. 42, 81829 Muenchen, Germany > Skype: mitchwo - Home:+49 89 32152700 - Mobile:+49 172 8374436 > Echolink: 3001 - IRLP: 5378 Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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