Ever Hear of "R.A. Salvatore"? I've spent the Summer reading WOTC Collecor's Editions of "The Dark Elf Trilogy" and "The Icewind Dale Trilogy". These books recount the tales of Drizzt Do'Urden, Salvatore's famed dark elf set in the D&D Forgotten Realms RPG campaign setting.
Remote CW with RKI 1.05 and Sparkfun FT231X breakout board
I've created a workable solution for sending CW via a "straight key" to my remote Flexradio 6600 at the lake using RemoteKeyerInterface (RKI) and a simple Serial/USB circuit. RKI is only available for Windows. RKI enables you to use paddles or a straight key to send CW through a remote Flex‑6000 transceiver. After several iterations I've settled on a design using the Sparkfun FT-231x breakout board and RKI v1.05 that was originally posted by Gary KT7AZ on the RKI groups.io forum . However, to send CW reliably via a straight key - there were two main problems I had to solve. First, I had to resolve the network latency and buffer bloat in my shack's network by setting up a router with Smart Queue Management. The Ubiquity EdgeRouter was recommended by a friend of mine (Larry N1FG) and has been working great. I'm using the 4 port Edgerouter X which was only $50 at microcenter (open box special). No more audio stuttering or dropped packets, which kills
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