Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna

[Gerry Hohn]

Pete,

Meant to sent the original to the reflector.

I agree, If you only want to listen, the IRB woks fine. I've use IRBs in other counties to listen to both other signals I can't hear here as well as my own. I find that it doesn't help working new ones that I can't hear at my urban station site.

Gerry VE6LB

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: w2pm at aol.com 
  To: hohn at telus.net 
  Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 7:55 AM
  Subject: Re: Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna


  YES - latency is an issue but not for receive only - you only have to 
  mute the audio at the shack end so the receiver is always on and 
  connected to the antenna. Nice to monitor your own signal too.


  Pete W2PM


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Gerry Hohn <telwest at telusplanet.net>
  To: w2pm at aol.com
  Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:52 am
  Subject: Re: Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna





  Our club has a Internet Remote Base. While it works OK (not great) for 
  SSB, CW is difficult. The issue is the Internet latency. By the time I 
  hear the DX coming back on the remote, he's moved on in real time. The 
  IRB works fine for casual SSB ragchewing.



  Gerry VE6LB


  ----- Original Message -----

  From: w2pm at aol.com

  To: zl3ix at inet.net.nz ; topband at contesting.com

  Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:57 AM

  Subject: Re: Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna



  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 mysel
  f 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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