‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 QST PAGE 35 ‰ LICENSED AS K3VAX IN 1962 AND UPGRADED TO AN AMATEUR EXTRA CLASS LICENSE IN 1967. BOB HAS A BSEE FROM DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND WORKED INITIALLY AT ISC, IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. AT ISC, HE WORKED ON A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS AND WITH ED CLEGG ON AMATEUR RADIO PRODUCTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE FOCUSING ON DEFENSE ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS. AFTER MOVING TO THE PHILADELPHIA AREA IN 1988, BOB HAD MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MULTIPLE DEFENSE CONTRACTOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS. MULTIBAND REMOTE OPERATING OPERATING ON ONE BAND IS FUN, BUT IT IS EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE TO BE ABLE TO HOP FROM ONE BAND TO ANOTHER VIA REMOTE CONTROL. TO ACHIEVE THIS, HOWEVER, YOULL NEED A MULTIBAND ANTENNA SYSTEM AND COMPUTER CONTROL OF YOUR TRANSCEIVER AND OTHER DEVICES. IF YOU HAVE YOUR STATION CONFIGURED FOR COMPUTER CONTROL OF YOUR TRANSCEIVER CAT, WSJT X WILL USE IT TO SWITCH YOUR RADIO BETWEEN BANDS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK THE DROPDOWN MENU ON THE MAIN SCREEN AND SELECT THE BAND YOU WANT. YOUR RADIO WILL CHANGE FREQUENCY AUTOMATICALLY. IF YOU HAVE A MULTIBAND ANTENNA WITH ACCEPTABLE SWRS ON YOUR FAVORITE BANDS, YOURE IN LUCK. THIS IS AN EASY STEP TO IMPLEMENT AND OPERATION IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS SINGLE BAND. HOWEVER, IF YOU NEED TO CONTROL YOUR RADIOS INTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER TO ACHIEVE A MATCH TO YOUR ANTENNA, OR POSSIBLY AN EXTERNAL SMART TUNER, YOU MAY NEED TO INSTALL SOFTWARE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCESS YOUR TRANSCEIVER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER. BEWARE THAT, IN SOME INSTANCES, THE WSJT X CAT CONTROL MAY CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER TRANSCEIVER CONTROL APPLICATION. IF SO, YOULL NEED TO CLOSE WSJT X, START THE CONTROL SOFTWARE, MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED, CLOSE THE CONTROL SOFTWARE, AND THEN RESTART WSJT X. OF COURSE, THIS CAN ALL BE DONE REMOTELY. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS BE SURE YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT SET, VIA SOME TYPE OF INTERNAL TIME SETTING, TO SHUT DOWN OR GO TO SLEEP TO THE EXTENT IT CANNOT BE AWAKENED VIA TEAMVIEWER. YOU MAY HAVE TO EXPERIMENT TO FIND WHAT SETTINGS NEED ADJUSTMENT. A RELATED ISSUE IS AUTOMATIC OPERATING SYSTEM UPGRADES. TRY TO SCHEDULE AUTO UPDATES TO OCCUR WHEN YOU ARE NOT OPERATING REMOTELY. IF THE COMPUTER WITH WSJT X RESTARTS, YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS VIA TEAMVIEWER. WHEN THE COMPUTER AND TEAMVIEWER RESTART, TEAMVIEWER ASSIGNS A NEW PASSWORD, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY YOU PROBABLY WONT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN OPERATING REMOTELY. CONSIDER ADDING A WI FI CONTROLLED POWER OUTLET FOR YOUR TRANSCEIVERS POWER SUPPLY, BUT BE SURE IT IS TOLERANT OF RFI. IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO SHUT DOWN YOUR RADIO IF NECESSARY. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TEAMVIEWER SOFTWARE ON YOUR REMOTE LAPTOP OR MOBILE DEVICE WILL LOG YOU OUT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES OR LESS IF YOUR DEVICE GOES TO SLEEP, OR IF YOU SWITCH TO ANOTHER APP. IF IT DOES DISCONNECT YOU, SIMPLY RE ENTER YOUR STATION COMPUTERS ID AND PASSWORD IF REQUIRED TO RESUME ACCESS. ITS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SELECT KEEP CURRENT FOR THE RANDOM PASSWORD FUNCTION IN THE TEAMVIEWER ADVANCED MENU TAB. ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ