Topband: Brave New World

[John K9UWA]

I can tell from reading the Against Messages in this thread that those who 
are against remote operation have never operated a remote setup. 

Somewhat like Glenn below .. except in my case it is 1200 miles between 
my summer home where my station is located and my Winter Home in 
Florida. I do have the ability to operate my own station remotely. 

The Latency they call it .. LAG TIME between sending something from the 
computer and the time my transmitter responds and the lag time when my 
receiver gets the incoming signal and I get it maybe a couple seconds later.. 

Did you notice that although that Remote Conest station had some really 
good operators that the SCORE was a bit over 1/3rd of K3LR's station? Yes 
we know Tim's station is better with antennas etc... but the good share of the 
difference is due to this time lag problem. 

In Conclusion NO remotely operated station like this is ever going to be truly 
competitive with a bunch of operators with their hand on the knob. 

And as Glenn and others have said ... it is still a Ham Radio Contact from A 
Ham Radio Station to another Ham Radio Station. 

This would be the same as some guy setting in his living room watching TV 
with his wife while also having a headset on that has wireless earphones 
and mic ... running some stations on 20M through his own station in the next 
room... except that would be much faster. Nealy No Latency.
73
John k9uwa 

> The contacts were not made via "the internet", they were made using a radio
> controlled over the internet.
> 
> I operate my home station every day using a computer in my office from 70 miles
> away over the internet.
> 
> It's no different than sitting in front of the equipment.
> 
> Glenn
> WB5TUF

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