Topband: DSL vs Wi-Max

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Dave, I also have Wi-Max to run most of the computers but I have found 
that even though I have 5 meg service the WI-Max is all over the ball 
park on latency as the sector I am on is over played.  During a contest 
and for remote operation I have found this unacceptable.  The DSL I have 
is 1.5 meg up and down every time and all the time and with Remote Rig 
allows perfect 35 WPM keying from the remote op on the mainland (in NYC) 
without the drunken keying syndrome the Wi-Max has. Fortunately I have 
end to end fiber to NYC from my house. My point here is DSL's have their 
place if you are running a remote station.  The call we have been using 
was KP2MM which has been recently change to KP2P so as not to confuse 
ops with KP2M which is on for most of the contests.

73,

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ





On 7/29/2013 1:59 PM, Dave Harmon wrote:
> Recently I made an improvement at this QTH after having Sprint 3g which was
> not even a joke....in my opinion, those guys should be arrested for false
> advertising.
> I got an Apple IPhone5 and use the 'personal hotspot' feature to provide ATT
> 4G LTE service to my (this) computer.
> I got rid of all the outside antennas, cables and equipment that captivate
> me to a desk.
> Now....I am fully portable and it costs less as well.
> My service with ATT has 10gb of data per month....I do everything and go
> anywhere with this setup on the internet and I haven't even got close to the
> 10gb limit.
> I just tested the speed....it is just over 20mbps download.
> There are no modules or anything else like cables, antennas etc that connect
> to the computer.....the IP5 and the computer talk over the WIFI built into
> the computer.
> I'm very happy with its performance and convenience.....and there is
> absolutely no interference from/to this setup on any band or on broadcast AM
> radio which I listen to a lot.
> Highly recommended.
>
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sarkisian
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 12:15 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Wireless Internet RFI Issue
>
> I recently had an internet wireless antenna/unit installed as our DSL was
> painfully slow.
>
> Now I notice RFI in the AM broadcast band and into the 160 meter band.
>   There may more
> RFI issues on other bands however at this point I haven't noticed anything.
>
> I see that Fair-Rate makes a series of "New Low Frequency Suppression Cable
> Component ferrites, though I am not sure what I should purchase.
>
> It looks like that I should be looking for a "certain impedance" for a
> particular frequency.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> 73 de Brian, KG8CO
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