Operate your Elecraft K4 remotely
RemoteMyShack puts your Elecraft K4 in your browser: operate it from your phone, tablet or laptop at yourcall.remotemyshack.com, with two-way audio and the controls you use at the shack. A small agent on a computer next to the radio connects to it by Ethernet or USB; there's no VPN or port forwarding to set up.
Beta: support for Elecraft radios is built from the maker's documentation, but we haven't run it against one yet. Tell us how it goes.
What works with the K4
| Connects by | Ethernet or USB |
|---|---|
| Bands | 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m |
| Transmit | Yes, with push-to-talk from your device |
| Spectrum scope | Not supported for this radio |
| Remote power-on | No (which radios can) |
| Tested | Not yet (beta) |
Control over the network (port 9200) or USB; audio from its USB port. The band scope isn't shown yet.
What you can do from the console
- Tune, change band, mode, filter and DATA mode, and read the S-meter from your phone or laptop.
- Hear the radio, with two-way audio on transceivers: hold to talk, with automatic unkey if your connection drops.
- Adjust RF gain, preamp, attenuator, AGC, noise blanker and noise reduction where the radio has them; the radio's own speaker is turned down while the agent is connected. On a FlexRadio the RF gain slider sets SmartSDR's AGC threshold; on a Hermes Lite 2 it sets the receive gain (LNA).
- Send CW from the console with the radio's keyer (the agent keys a Hermes Lite 2 itself), and RTTY as audio.
- Every transmission is recorded in your transmit log.
Setting it up
Install the agent on a Mac, Windows or Linux computer, or a Raspberry Pi, next to the radio, link it to your account, and open yourcall.remotemyshack.com. These articles walk you through it:
- Getting started
- Installing the agent
- Connecting a Kenwood, Yaesu or Elecraft
- Turning the radio on and off
- Download the agent
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