[UK-CONTEST] Re: UK-Contest Digest, Vol 12, Issue 8

[Col]

48 hours at CQWW for GM5A used 4.8 MB of data, I don't use GPRS for anything
else than contests links so manage to save  4 MB of free data before each
contest as part of my phone contract. To answer your original question a
text cluster spot is probably about 1000 bytes this is a guess though!! I
tried using a blue tooth connection between phone and laptop and found it to
be rf prone. Recommend using infra red almost 100% reliable

Colin GM0RLZ



> >    1. Telnet (Steve Bunting)
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> > Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:43:26 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: Steve Bunting <stephen.bunting at kcl.ac.uk>
> > To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Telnet
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> > Hi again everyone,
> >
> > I have a brief question for you all from a computing innocent.....
> >
> > I am looking into telnet cluster access to using a GPRS mobile
> > phone. The idea is to get reliable cluster access from a remote contest
> > location, RF links have proved to be nothing but trouble. I am trying to
> > assess the cost of keeping the link live for a 24hour contest. As you
> > probably know the phone companies charge per MB transferred rather than
> > unit time, with Orange it is 2.55UKP plus VAT per MB.
> >
> > Now my questions: how many bytes constitute one cluster spot? A more
> > difficult question is how many spots are there per contest weekend? I am
> > guessing at a mean of 3 spots per minute, i.e. 180 per hour and
> > therefore 3420 per 24 hours. Lets round that up to a ballpark 5000. Is
> > that reasonable for a FD?
> >
> > I don't want to commit to a route that will cost a fortune to keep
> > alive, but I am guessing that a single spot is pretty small. If I am
> > feeling very tight, I can probably reduce traffic (and hence costs) by
> > setting filters at the cluster.
> >
> > Can anyone advise or add experiences to this?
> >
> > Thanks as always.
> >
> > 73
> > Steve
> > M0BPQ
> >
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