yeh, a stand alone hardware bassed box would be great...something that can
easily reboot and come back online if power fails or if the internet goes
down temporarily.
that's always the crucks of the issue...if something goes side ways, you
have to be able to physically control your station and shut things down or
what ever...anything can happen...I suppose if the radio is set to SSB and
starts transmitting on it's own, nothing too bad can happen as long as there
isn't audio going through.
I've heard a few remote station operators...usually wealthy business guys
who set up a station at one of their more isolated homes and run remote from
other homes around the country etc.
i haven't heard anyone using the 480 this way, but quite a few IC7800's and
so on.
just being able to slap down 11 grand on a rig like that must be a nice
feeling.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: Vertical antennas
> Yep, you are right. I don't know if I'll ever get it done, I just don't
> ge home often enough. THere was another ham in the county who is a good
> friend, but he is now living in WIchita, about 300 miles away, so the
> closest guy if 40 miles away. If I did it, I'd probably go for that box
> that is made in Sweeden or somewhere that interfaces to the 480.
> Internet required of corse, and you just plug the control head of the
> 480 in a second box here in Vegas and I've read it really works well. No
> skype or anything, all handled by these two boxes.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Oct 2010,
> colin McDonald wrote:
>
>> yeh hard to set something really stable up for sure.
>> it can be done without a whole lot of difficulty, but being so far away
>> it's
>> hard to just run back to the station if something goes side ways after
>> you
>> leave.
>> all you really need is a remote control software, and a dedicated skype
>> link
>> that can be reset remotely from your remote computer since skype tends to
>> need resetting about every 2 hours or so...that can be done with a remote
>> desktop program...of course, an internet connection in kansas is a must
>> have.
>> Also, some method of hearing your remote HF tx audio and signal and so
>> on...perhaps a receiver a short distance away that you can run into an
>> echolink or IRLP computer and that you can bring up from Vegas either on
>> the
>> computer or via your own IRLP node...
>> a few different ways of doing things here I think.
>> I think though that having someone locally with access to the station in
>> case things really get out of hand and need manual shut down would be a
>> necesity.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: Vertical antennas
>>
>>
>>> I haven't done a lot with a mobile rig. A friend tried it once and the
>>> whole dambn line seemed noisy. As far as a remote base in Kansas, I'd
>>> still like to do that. Propogation is better from there, particularly
>>> on
>>> 75 where all the people are I use to talk to. Living in this valley is
>>> like livving in a big black hole. Nothing at all like living out on the
>>> flat lands of Kansas. <smile>
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>
>>
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