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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.

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