[Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Patrick Greenlee
A while back I mentioned that I was going to try an experiment to remote the Flex 5000 A. I have been delayed due to weather as in UPS wouldn’t deliver needed cables. I have the cables now and the experiment is underway. Problem: I would like to remote a F5K a couple hundred feet from the

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Patrick Greenlee
Update: if you coil up the 50 ft Cat5e cable into a small tight coil and squeeze it into close proximity thus maximizing the inductance it crashes PSDR. This is the only thing I have tried so far that causes a problem. In actual use I suspect this is not a problem. Patrick NJ5G

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Patrick Greenlee
Here is my COTS hardware source: http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-firenex-s800.html In my experience these are good reliable folks to deal with. -Original Message- From: Patrick Greenlee Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:50 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re:

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Tim Ellison
I would be interested in how susceptible this configuration is to high levels of RF such asthe radio being in the near field of a 1500W transmission. Tim Ellison On 12/10/2013 9:50 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote: Update: if you coil up the 50 ft Cat5e cable into a small tight coil and squeeze it

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Ken Akin
With the results of very close physical cable bunching, you are getting cross talk between the two cable ends and the problems that you noticed. Like Tim, I might expect problems at some power level. I looked and shielded Cat5 is available. I have no experience with it. When I was working as a

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Greg Jurrens
I'll throw this one in: In one of my previous lives, the team that developed the IEEE-1394A and B OHCI controllers and Physical Layer chips worked in my department. They were seriously smart people so I mostly left them alone... but some of it did rub off. What we learned early in the B

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Patrick Greenlee
I don't claim that this is a totally perfect solution unharmed by any and all possible situations. Due to the number of irons I have in the fire: I am also a cowboy running a Black Angus cattle ranch, have a big honey-do list, have many other hobbies including but not limited to

Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults

2013-12-10 Thread Joe Camilli
What about using a fiber solution? On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.netwrote: A while back I mentioned that I was going to try an experiment to remote the Flex 5000 A. I have been delayed due to weather as in UPS wouldn’t deliver needed cables. I have