I realize this is a "rules thing"... pardon my momentary digression....
Please keep in mind that the power limitation for those part 15 devices is ERP... not TPO. Lots of folks with high gain antennas and amplifiers on their houses are in violation... hope they don't get caught. Seems the Commission has been on an enforcement (revenue) binge lately.. no slack given. 73's Mike Perryman www.k5jmp.us -----Original Message----- From: Bob Dengler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 4-wire E&M + VoIP (was: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Remote Receiver At 12/8/2004 12:40 PM, you wrote: >Steve Rodgers wrote: > > >Nate, > > > >Why not use a full duplex RF link to your data center? That way you could > >have "dumb" hardware at the site, and all your smarts at the data > center. You > >could also avoid paying for a DSL connection at the site as well. > > > >Steve > >WA6ZFT > > > > >Ah, a number of reasons. > >Commercial sites you pay by the antenna, but there's more often than not >at least one TCP/IP pipe that someone already pays for at most >commercial sites now that an appropriate deal can be made to ride along >on, and some really fat shared pipes available at some. > >Simplicity - maintaining a cheap IAXy device (throw it away if it >breaks) is better than messing with multiple link radios, feedlines, >antennas, etc. Put the redundancy in the data network instead. > >Why? If you put your own IP pipes in, you can do other things with >them... it's more "universally useful" than a dedicated link radio to do >other "stuff" with at the sites... remote monitoring, reprogramming, run >club servers, remote power switching, etc etc etc... and >what-have-you... lots of uses only limited by imagination -- a dedicated >link radio is a one-hit wonder. ...and if internet isn't available at the site, how about using 802.11b or a to bring it in? I've yet with play with that stuff, but it sounds to me like a pair of gain antennas at each end could get you a couple of miles to where you would have wired internet access. Anyone try this? Bob NO6B Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
