Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna

[w2pm at aol.com]

If you have broadband internet service readily available at the remote 
site that's the simple way using Ham Radio deluxe or someother PC 
control software. I have heard of some people using a Wifi router at 
the remote end to provide internet access there (some wifi channels are 
actually assigned to Ham Radio as  priority and you use higher power on 
them with high gain antennas) but you would be limited to a few miles 
at most even if you can establish an RF link because of timing issues.  
I am planning a remote receiver myself about 50 miles north of here in 
a very remote quiet area at my brothers ski lodge which fortunately has 
Cable internet.  I will use a K3 up there but only for receive - but 
nothing would stop me using it for TX too if I wanted to (except for a 
tx antenna up there) .. 73


Pete W2PM


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix at inet.net.nz>
To: Group Topband <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 1:56 am
Subject: Re: Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna



Hi Rick,

It has been done both ways.  Personally I use a UHF link for my remote. 

You need similar equipment to that used in a repeater installation, as
you will need to run full duplex.  The uplink is used to control the
array switching and tune the remote Rx, while the downlink is used to
bring the audio back.

Contact me off list if you would like more details.

73, Greg, ZL3IX

rick darwicki wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I may have the chance to put up a remote receiving antenna on some 
property
near me (5 miles away) that should be very quite as far as man made 
noise goes.
>
> Question is, how is it done? What equipment is need?
> Internet thing or UHF link?
>
>
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