Hi Don, et. al...
All this is very interesting. As commented elsewhere, Internet remote is not
unique, but this is a different approach. Check out www.lamonica.com for
another way to do it.
You're observation about needing a high speed line seems right on. I've
tried remote on Keith Lamonica's site using my 56K phone line and found it
clumsy. Asked him about tying DX4WIN or Writelog to it and he didn't seem
to think it was doable.
Another thought; remote Writelog or DX4WIN might work best with PSK31
because PSK is mainly single frequency operation on each band, i.e. .070 or
there abouts, and is supposed to be quite effective with low power and omni
antennas.
Comments?
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: <w2up@mindspring.com>; WriteLog Reflector <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IT WORKS!!![WriteLog]Anyone using WinVNC or PC
Anywhere with WriteLog?
> Barry et al,
>
> The main reason I got this going was to be able to work DX from
> my office using my home station. I would never even consider using
> this type of system for contesting, it would be too slow and awkward.
> Although with the high speed connection I'm using, it's doesn't seem
> too slow at all.
>
> You can get all the information off their website, it's quite helpful.
> And you can download it from there - it's free.
>
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/winvnc.html
>
> Basically, this is how it works. I would leave my PC at home turned on
with
> WinVNC running. From any PC connected to the Internet, I go to a
> web browser and enter the IP address of my router. My router has
> been set up to allow a certain port to access a particular PC. When
> the connection is made, VNC asks for a password. I enter the password
> and now the desktop on my PC at home is showing in the web browser
> along with two pointers side-by-side - one pointer is the local PC's
pointer
> and the other one is the remote PC's pointer. VNC also has it's own
> viewer instead of using a web browser - either will work.
>
> This program was written as a troubleshooting tool for IT people to be
> able to remotely install and repair problems on remote computers. I don't
> know if it can be effectively used as a contest tool and I have no
interest
> in that.
>
> With Ducie Island due up soon, it would be nice to work them if they
> showed up on RTTY while I was at work. Imagine P5/4L4FN showing up
> on RTTY, my friend Bill W7TI has VNC running and gives me his IP address
> and password (Bill would have to be a VERY good friend for me to do this).
> I run VNC on his PC in California and work the P5 through his station
because
> I can't hear the P5 or break the pileup from W5 land. So it does have
far-reaching
> effects on our hobby.
>
> Thanks for everyone who has responded. I will try to answer each of you
> individually. There have been some excellent suggestions. The audio part
of
> the equation should be easy to do (over the Internet). You could easily
set up
> a web cam to monitor everything too. A kill switch would be nice. All
this is
> toeing the limits of legality. But Amateurs are always trying to find
ways of
> pushing the envelope. The Internet has made it all the more interesting.
>
> Instead of wasting bandwidth here on the reflector, I'll try to get
something going
> on my personal website on my progress. Others have reported doing
something
> similar to this using WriteLog. This is really good stuff.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> www.aa5au.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>
> To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; "WriteLog Reflector"
<Writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 7:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IT WORKS!!![WriteLog]Anyone using WinVNC or PC
Anywhere with WriteLog?
>
>
> > Don,
> > Tell me more about this. Is WinVNC secure? Suppose I call it up from
> > my office. I can control stuff at home?
> > 73,
> > barry--
> > Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
> > Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
> >
> >
>
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