Nope, just using OnePlug. I do not use a computer at the radio for audio.
The internet feed connects to the DSL modem. A short CAT 5 cable connects
the modem to the Syslink WRT110. A CAT 5 cable connects to the Omni VII
from #1 of the 4 ports on the Syslink. A second CAT 5 cable connects #2
port to the desk computer. I wander around the house and shop with the
laptop running OnePlug. The wireless link on the laptop shows 54Mbps
connect speed sometimes dropping to 43Mbps and occasionally to 34Mbps.
A couple of areas that I find fragile with OnePlug and the connection from
the wireless switch to the radio is the likelihood of RFI. RX audio is
always quite good and solid so this leads me to believe that the data link
is solid. TX is always the problem child. I figure this is due to a bit of
RFI when the transmitter is producing RF and may appear to be noise on the
10Base-T circuit. My effort to use some ferrite on both ends of all CAT 5
cables has noticeably lessened those occurrences.
I believe in keeping things simple.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TEST
Bob: Are you using Skype, IP-Sound or some other method to feed audio in
and out? I had done some experimenting with IP-Sound, encapsulated by
Hamachi and remote controlled by UltraVNC, which is fairly complicated to
set up, but sounded excellent. I may try Skype again since its audio
quality has been dramatically upgraded.
It would be great to get on the air from the office!
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TEST
> I've had the radio connected to the internet for a couple of hours now.
> Completed several QSO's with good transmit audio reports and pleasing RX
> audio.
>
> The laptop is a Gateway M325 X (M622UCX) running a Pentium processor
> 1.60
> GHz with 1 Gig of RAM. Operating system is Windows XP Pro (SP-3)
>
> The router at the radio is a Linksys model WRT110. I did find that
> ferrites
> with about 4 turns of the CAT-5 cable configured on each end of the
> Ethernet
> cables not only helps reduce receiver noise but seems to reduce the burps
> of
> data on transmit.
>
> OnePlug is configured with Compress RIP, Compress TRIP, Double TRIP, and
> Lock TRIP to RIG Timing. PC mike gain is at 100%. Rig A Gain is 35% and
> Speech Processor is 51%. The USB headset is a GigaWare device from RS.
>
> I did suspend all of the automatic updates that run in the background of
> the
> computer. Looking at the Windows Task Manager, it shows 33 Processes, CPU
> usage at about 13% to 22%. The only Application running, per Task
> Manager,
> is OnePlug.
>
> I find that it works quite well.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] TEST
>
>
> You're 599 here!
>
> Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "philip c anderson" <flypca@hotmail.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:05 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] TEST
>
>
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>> Connection to ISP ?????
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