Thanks everyone for great comments! Dennis,
Certainly that could be an issue. Recently read of some hams using wifi gear for point-point ham connection so if a suitable antenna could be used (like a patch on a window facing your remote site) for trailerized remote that is only a few miles away (up to 20?) that might work (one could use a high-gain directional antenna at the remote).
Not sure how bad latency is for these remote operations (how does the phone company counter it?). Personally I am acquainted with latency using full duplex satellite operation where you hear your transmission being repeated on the downlink. That drives some guys crazy but with time you can mentally filter it (or turn down the volume while you speak or send CW). I guess the bigger problem would be tuning and control latency.
Well, this has been a look into the future (20-years, I hope). Most residency in assisted living is only 1-2 years before the big-sk! My mom went into one in 2012 and still doing OK at approaching 93. This has given me some up-close and personal exposure to the life-style (don't forget Bingo!).
My wife turns 73 this month so we are lagging behind and still comfortable at home. Much will depend on my macular degeneration progress (so far I do not notice it -but the ophthalmologist see it). I still making my sm kits!
I could see moving the ham shack into one of the toy-mover trailers and be able to go on the road with it. A fold-over 30-foot tower attached and StepIR yagi + some VHF/mw stuff (just for fun!). A couple folding bunks in the back and a camp stove and fridge. FD on wheels! Might take some selling to get my wife to buy into that! Class-A motorhome is more here style! Compromise might be a class-B/C with 4-door towed "radio" jeep!
end-of-topic - thanks all! Ed From: Dennis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Ed Having done this for several ops, the biggest issue I've faced is inadequate Internet at the Assisted Living, Out Patient Care, or Elder care. In 3 cases where I've been involved in setting one of these up so an op could work a special DXpedition, the Broadband provided for the residents did not have enough bandwidth to support the usage of a Remote Rig unit. If you paid for your own broadband service in the Assisted Living section, then, of course, you should have enough bandwidth to support this usage, but don't count on the community Internet service to be enough to use Remote Ham Radio. We did have one other case where the community Internet service blocked the ports we needed, and would not consider opening them for us (and we weren't able to find unblocked ports that we could use). In all these cases, we were able to use a "4G Wifi Hotspot" that gave us enough bandwidth, but that kind of thing is often missing once you get out of the big cities. Dennis W1UE 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
