Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-14 Thread F5vjc
Why not add simulated QRM, QRN, QSB, COPS, LID's etc? Much more fun... 73, Deni - F5VJC On 13 October 2015 at 12:44, Bill wrote: > I have a bunch of ham friends that no longer have antennas (HOA, > apartments, assisted living, etc.) and we communicate nearly every day >

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-14 Thread Gerry Hull
Hi David, It's upload bandwidth that is important. 800 KB/sec (0.8 Mbps) is perfect for RemoteRig. I use it at K2LE/1 in Vermont, where we have 1.5/.8 DSL service. I've operated a M/2 contest station over a 4G LTE cellular modem... so it's not as much as you would think. Latency is a factor.

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-13 Thread Bill
I have a bunch of ham friends that no longer have antennas (HOA, apartments, assisted living, etc.) and we communicate nearly every day using CQ100. CQ100 is a looks like , works like, licensed required, ham communications VOIP system. It does not need super fast Internet connection. If you

[Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-13 Thread Edward R Cole
towed "radio" jeep! end-of-topic - thanks all! Ed From: Dennis <egan.denni...@gmail.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living Message-ID: <561c0fca.3030...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=f

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-13 Thread Jim Bolit
I have worked 10 states... Rake Original message From: Bill <w2...@nycap.rr.com> Date: 10/13/2015 3:45 AM (GMT-08:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living I have a bunch of ham friends that no longe

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-13 Thread Gary K9GS
While I understand the problem with installing antennas, this sounds to me like nothing more than a specialized type of Skype/VoIP where you use your radio as a hardware interface. Interesting yes, but this is not ham radio. On 10/13/2015 5:44 AM, Bill wrote: I have a bunch of ham friends

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-13 Thread Gary
bject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living While I understand the problem with installing antennas, this sounds to me like nothing more than a specialized type of Skype/VoIP where you use your radio as a hardware interface. Interesting yes, but this is not ham radio. On 10/

[Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread Edward R Cole
Starting a new topic but it was inspired from the 'K3/0 forum' topic. I'm still thriving from my Alaskan Ham Home, but know someday (hopefully distant) we will be moving to assisted living and I'm just musing a bit how I can continue operating. Most of those institutions to not permit ham

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread Dwayne Rohmer
Ed, You could move to The Aspens at Twin Creeks in Allen, TX. A little warmer than Alaska perhaps, but they do have a very nice ham station for their residents. 73, Dwayne WV5I __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread George K5KG via Elecraft
Where do I sign up? On 10/12/2015 1:32 PM, Dwayne Rohmer wrote: Ed, You could move to The Aspens at Twin Creeks in Allen, TX. A little warmer than Alaska perhaps, but they do have a very nice ham station for their residents. 73, Dwayne WV5I

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread George K5KG via Elecraft
Hello Ed, Pse see my comments below: On 10/12/2015 12:32 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: Starting a new topic but it was inspired from the 'K3/0 forum' topic. I'm still thriving from my Alaskan Ham Home, but know someday (hopefully distant) we will be moving to assisted living and I'm just musing

[Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread Dennis
us enough bandwidth, but that kind of thing is often missing once you get out of the big cities. Dennis W1UE Message: 16 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:32:48 -0800 From: Edward R Cole <kl...@acsalaska.net> To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted L

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

2015-10-12 Thread David Christ
So how much bandwidth is needed? The complex we are looking at has a 40 Meg fiber connection to their ISP. Would think that latency would be a bigger concern David K0LUM > On Oct 12, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Dennis wrote: > > Ed > > Having done this for several ops, the