Re: [TenTec] Remote rig operations

[Gary Tuck <gtuck@mac.com>]

Where I see the potential personally is when I have to move from my  
QTH and into some retirement or
assisted living facility.  I'm in a CCnR neighborhood now (although  
expiring in two years!!!) with limitations,
but an apartment in a "retirement" community will provide even more  
challenges.  A remote transceiver
and antenna would allow me to continue HF hamming.

Gary W7TEA



On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Ken Brown wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> I agree with you, yet can see both (or many ) sides of the issue. I
> personally want to turn the tuning knob myself. I use a computer for
> logging, with interface for frequency data to the computer. I do not
> control the rig with the computer, and I do not want to. (Yes I know
> there is a microprocessor inside the Omni VI so it is effectively a
> computer controlling the rig anyway)
>
> Suppose you lived in a really noisy location, perhaps Manassas, or  
> some
> other place with BPL. Suppose that you and a couple of other ham  
> friends
> went in together to buy a cheap square of dirt out in the boonies, and
> you put together a station there. You and your friends put up all the
> antennas and ran all the coax, and made everything work remotely. Then
> you go home and listen on your receiver there, hearing nothing but
> noise, or you listen on your internet linked (NOT using BPL!) station
> and can hear weak signals and work them, just like you had a QTH in  
> the
> country.
>
> I can see how I might enjoy HF ham radio using a remote site.
>
> Ken N6KB
>
> Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
> > I am sorry but I would rather have my crummy rig and second rate  
> > amp and
> > crummy deaf antennas in front of me, than have some kind of  
> > fantastic hear
> > and work everything far away station under my control over the  
> > web.   If all
> > that's in front of me is a PC box, then I may as well be using  
> > Echolink.  To
> > me the thrill, magic, excitement and fun of radio come with my  
> > antennas I
> > have made, my station I have set up, and rigs here with me; not  
> > some super
> > station I've never seen with my own two eyes.
> >
> > 73,
> > rob / k5uj
> >
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