Dave, I also have Wi-Max to run most of the computers but I have found
that even though I have 5 meg service the WI-Max is all over the ball
park on latency as the sector I am on is over played. During a contest
and for remote operation I have found this unacceptable. The DSL I have
is 1.5 meg up and down every time and all the time and with Remote Rig
allows perfect 35 WPM keying from the remote op on the mainland (in NYC)
without the drunken keying syndrome the Wi-Max has. Fortunately I have
end to end fiber to NYC from my house. My point here is DSL's have their
place if you are running a remote station. The call we have been using
was KP2MM which has been recently change to KP2P so as not to confuse
ops with KP2M which is on for most of the contests.
73,
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 7/29/2013 1:59 PM, Dave Harmon wrote:
Recently I made an improvement at this QTH after having Sprint 3g which was
not even a joke....in my opinion, those guys should be arrested for false
advertising.
I got an Apple IPhone5 and use the 'personal hotspot' feature to provide ATT
4G LTE service to my (this) computer.
I got rid of all the outside antennas, cables and equipment that captivate
me to a desk.
Now....I am fully portable and it costs less as well.
My service with ATT has 10gb of data per month....I do everything and go
anywhere with this setup on the internet and I haven't even got close to the
10gb limit.
I just tested the speed....it is just over 20mbps download.
There are no modules or anything else like cables, antennas etc that connect
to the computer.....the IP5 and the computer talk over the WIFI built into
the computer.
I'm very happy with its performance and convenience.....and there is
absolutely no interference from/to this setup on any band or on broadcast AM
radio which I listen to a lot.
Highly recommended.
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Sarkisian
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 12:15 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Wireless Internet RFI Issue
I recently had an internet wireless antenna/unit installed as our DSL was
painfully slow.
Now I notice RFI in the AM broadcast band and into the 160 meter band.
There may more
RFI issues on other bands however at this point I haven't noticed anything.
I see that Fair-Rate makes a series of "New Low Frequency Suppression Cable
Component ferrites, though I am not sure what I should purchase.
It looks like that I should be looking for a "certain impedance" for a
particular frequency.
Any help would be appreciated.
73 de Brian, KG8CO
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