[1000mp] Re: 1000mp digest, Vol 4 #140 - 6 msgs

[John MacLean MM0CCC]

> Hmmm....  Don't let the "only requires" part fool you.  Daisy chaining
through
> serial ports might be easy to hook up physically, but it's hard to keep
going.
> VERY rfi prone and an extremely intermittent PITA, not to mention a
"waste" of
> a valuable serial port (rigs, rotors, packet....).

Yep.  I cite the IOTA contest as an example.

NA is the ***ONLY*** logger that handles multi multi stations for IOTA - ask
anyone over here who has tried over the years to find an alternative.  It's
big drawback is that, like TR, networking is via the serial ports- an RFI
recipe for disaster.

Well for CQWW SSB we (GM5A) used WL,networked using twisted pair cables via
a hub to join 4 stations.  No RF probs in network over 48hrs,only probs we
had were RFI in rig control for one station.

Swings and roundabouts as far as loggers go.  We use whatever one is
suitable for the contest we do.

73
John, MM0CCC