Remote station installation

[rhunt...@gmail.com]

Due to CC&R's at current QTH I want to do a remote station on remote site. Can anyone suggest some pitfalls to avoid as I am completely in the green on this topic. I understand shipping containers have been utilized to prevent vandalizing. Has anyone had any experience in installing one of them on a new site? What minimum internet service would be required? Is there any forums on this topic? Has anyone had any experience with using Elecraft's K3/K3/0 and can comment on how it has worked?
Any comments would certainly be appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger, W7VV

[Stanley M Miln]

Hi Roger
The Kenwood Radios like the TS2000 and
480 Serries can be remote controled through the
internet with free software from Kenwood.
From your computer you can operate every
function in the radio. All you need is a place to
install the radio.

Stan K6RMR

[Edward Feustel]

Roger,
One of the keys is low latency. If you are using a satellite internet
to connect, it is not likely to work well. Direct Wi-Fi or direct
internet access with Ping times less than 250 MS are prefered.
The lower the better.

Because you will be multiplexing speech and control signals over the
internet connection, you will need moderate bandwidth say 56k bits up.

If you are doing CW, you may need to make certain that characters are
not kept in buffers too long.

I have a US friend who uses a remote in Portugal and another in
Vermont. So it can be done.

Don't forget switching equipment on and off and grounding everything.
Remoterig points to some additional equipment that can be helpful.

Good luck!
73,
Ed Feustel, N5EI

[No Body]

> Because you will be multiplexing speech and control signals over the
> internet connection, you will need moderate bandwidth say 56k bits up.
>

Some routers, even home routers, support QoS, Quality of Service settings
that will provide priority for certain connections over others currently
sharing the link.

By upping the priority of packets destined for your remote radio, you
can help ensure "timely" delivery of those packets. Even when the
link has other traffic to handle.

Streaming audio/video is particularly troublesome as you get obvious
jitter/skips, that go un-noticed in other traffic streams.

Steve