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    From rhuntley599@rhuntley599@gmail.com to alt.ham-radio.hf on Fri Mar 8 15:31:18 2013
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    Due to CC&R's at current QTH I want to do a remote station on remote site. Can anyone suggest some pitfalls to avoid as I am completely in the green on this topic. I understand shipping containers have been utilized to prevent vandalizing. Has anyone had any experience in installing one of them on a new site? What minimum internet service would be required? Is there any forums on this topic? Has anyone had any experience with using Elecraft's K3/K3/0 and can comment on how it has worked?
    Any comments would certainly be appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Roger, W7VV
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  • From Stanley M Miln@k6rmr@dslextreme.com to alt.ham-radio.hf on Sun Jul 14 20:39:20 2013
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    Hi Roger
    The Kenwood Radios like the TS2000 and
    480 Serries can be remote controled through the
    internet with free software from Kenwood.
    From your computer you can operate every
    function in the radio. All you need is a place to
    install the radio.

    Stan K6RMR


    Due to CC&R's at current QTH I want to do a remote station on remote site. Can anyone suggest some pitfalls to avoid as I am completely in the green on this topic. I understand shipping containers have been utilized to prevent vandalizing. Has anyone had any experience in installing one of them on a
    new site? What minimum internet service would be required? Is there any forums on this topic? Has anyone had any experience with using Elecraft's K3/K3/0 and can comment on how it has worked?
    Any comments would certainly be appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Roger, W7VV


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  • From Edward Feustel@efeustel@hughes.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Wed Jul 17 07:07:41 2013
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:39:20 -0700, "Stanley M Miln"
    <k6rmr@dslextreme.com> wrote:

    Hi Roger
    The Kenwood Radios like the TS2000 and
    480 Serries can be remote controled through the
    internet with free software from Kenwood.
    From your computer you can operate every
    function in the radio. All you need is a place to
    install the radio.

    Stan K6RMR


    Due to CC&R's at current QTH I want to do a remote station on remote site.
    Can anyone suggest some pitfalls to avoid as I am completely in the green on >this topic. I understand shipping containers have been utilized to prevent >vandalizing. Has anyone had any experience in installing one of them on a >new site? What minimum internet service would be required? Is there any >forums on this topic? Has anyone had any experience with using Elecraft's >K3/K3/0 and can comment on how it has worked?
    Any comments would certainly be appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Roger, W7VV

    Roger,
    One of the keys is low latency. If you are using a satellite internet
    to connect, it is not likely to work well. Direct Wi-Fi or direct
    internet access with Ping times less than 250 MS are prefered.
    The lower the better.

    Because you will be multiplexing speech and control signals over the
    internet connection, you will need moderate bandwidth say 56k bits up.

    If you are doing CW, you may need to make certain that characters are
    not kept in buffers too long.

    I have a US friend who uses a remote in Portugal and another in
    Vermont. So it can be done.

    Don't forget switching equipment on and off and grounding everything.
    Remoterig points to some additional equipment that can be helpful.

    Good luck!
    73,
    Ed Feustel, N5EI
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  • From No Body@nobody@nowhere.com to alt.ham-radio.hf on Wed Jul 17 21:42:03 2013
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    Because you will be multiplexing speech and control signals over the
    internet connection, you will need moderate bandwidth say 56k bits up.

    Some routers, even home routers, support QoS, Quality of Service settings
    that will provide priority for certain connections over others currently sharing the link.

    By upping the priority of packets destined for your remote radio, you
    can help ensure "timely" delivery of those packets. Even when the
    link has other traffic to handle.

    Streaming audio/video is particularly troublesome as you get obvious jitter/skips, that go un-noticed in other traffic streams.

    Steve
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