[SCCC] CQWW CW WA7BNM SOSB15 LP

[Michael Tope]

Bruce,

I am having good luck with DF3CB's Remaud program. I had a little 
trouble at first, but it appears that was related to a faulty router on 
the server side. At present it is working great. I am using TeamViewer 
for remote desktop (I can also use Windows RDP if the folks at 
TeamViewer start jerking me around again regarding alleged commercial use).

I now have two Winkeyers at the station. One of the Winkeyers (WK#1) is 
interfaced with N1MM+. This one takes care of all the computer generated 
CW coming from N1MM. The 2nd Winkeyer (WK#2) is interfaced with the 
Winkey Remote utility on a separate COM port. This allows me to send CW 
by hand if I need to send something that isn't already loaded into a 
N1MM+ function key. For a while I tried using the keyboard for this with 
the "Ctrl-K" function in N1MM+, but I found it awkward and I often ended 
up butchering whatever I was intending to send.

I have a 3rd Winkeyer (WK#3) at my client side operating desk that is 
synchronized with WK#2 via Winkey Remote. My bencher paddles are plugged 
into WK#3. Since I can't send worth a darn using the delayed sidetone 
coming back from the remote site (the delay totally throws me for a 
loop), I needed a way to get a local sidetone into my headphones when I 
am sending. To do this I added an extra RCA connector to WK#3 chassis 
and tied it in parallel with the output of the Winkeyer's internal 
sidetone generator circuit. To route this sidetone into my headphones, I 
built a little external circuit that uses the PTT output of WK#3 to 
energize a reed relay that makes the connection to my headphones (and 
cuts off the remote audio) when I am sending with the paddles. This did 
the trick.

It's starting to feel like I am actually at the station instead of 50 
miles away.

73, Mike W4EF..................


On 11/29/2020 10:09 PM, Bruce Horn wrote:
>                      CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
>
> Call: WA7BNM
> Operator(s): WA7BNM
> Station: WA7BNM
>
> Class: SOSB15 LP
> QTH: S.Calif
> Operating Time (hrs): 15.5
> Remote Operation
>
> Summary:
>   Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>    160:
>     80:
>     40:
>     20:
>     15:  240    22       45
>     10:
> ------------------------------
> Total:  240    22       45  Total Score = 44,555
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> I was able to get CW integration of N1MM+ and the Flex 6600M/Maestro working
> before the contest, so I was able to implement my plan to operate the second day
> of the contest by remoting back to my home station after doing the first half in
> the home shack. Next challenge was hearing the CW sidetone when operating
> remotely.  Based on VE6WZ's experience, I connected the audio line out of the
> 6600M to the PC I used to control the rotator, used Audacity to make the audio
> on line in audible on the PC and then used remotepc to access the audio
> remotely. Unfortunately, this was not a robust solution, so I spent most of the
> contest not hearing the CW I was sending.
>
> Nice to have some fun on 15m. Primarily S&P, but was surprised to be able to
> do some CQing with 100 watts.
>
> Rig: Flexradio 6600M/Maestro - 100 watts
> Antennas: SteppIR DB-36 at 105 ft and Optibeam OB16-3 at 72 ft
>
> 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
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