[Elecraft] K3: Remote Operating from Assisted Living

[Gerry Hull]

Hi David,

It's upload bandwidth that is important.  800 KB/sec (0.8 Mbps) is perfect
for RemoteRig.  I use it at K2LE/1 in Vermont, where we have 1.5/.8 DSL
service.

I've operated a M/2 contest station over a 4G LTE cellular modem...  so
it's not as much as you would think.

Latency is a factor.  Jitter is the bigger killer.  I've had many fine QSOs
in contests wth >200mS of latency, but if jitter gets much over 20 or 30mS,
it chops things up pretty badly.
Of course, the more latency, the slower the audio catches up with you
tuning the VFO.

In the Continental US, I see 50-150mS of latency on average, which is
perfect for RemoteRig and K3 work.

73, Gerry W1VE
Remote Op  at K2LE/1, VY1JA/VY1AAA, K1TTT, K6ND, VE4EA and others.

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:24 PM, David Christ <radioham at mchsi.com> wrote:

> So how much bandwidth is needed?  The complex we are looking at has a 40
> Meg fiber connection to their ISP.  Would think that latency would be a
> bigger concern
>
> David K0LUM
>
>
> > On Oct 12, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Dennis <egan.dennis88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > Having done this for several ops, the biggest issue I've faced is
> inadequate Internet at the Assisted
> > Living, Out Patient Care, or Elder care.  In 3 cases where I've been
> involved in setting one of these
> > up so an op could work a special DXpedition, the Broadband provided for
> the residents did not
> > have enough bandwidth to support the usage of a Remote Rig unit.
>
>
>
>
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