[GCARC] FD Internet

[Al KB2AYU]

We do have internet and wifi at the clubhouse.

However, it is a cellular service, so, it is not high bandwidth and we 
get charged by usage.

I'm sure something like a cluster node would be no problem.

I would prefer that folks don't have their cell phones continuously 
connected to the wifi.

Al


On 5/30/2017 6:07 PM, DARRELL NERON wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Do we still have an Internet wifi set up out at the Club House that we can use for FD stations?
>
> Just wondering as I am beginning to prepare for FD.
>
>
> As a backup, many of us have an Internet source for the FD laptop that perhaps you haven't thought of.
>
> If you have a newer phone with unlimited data from your cell provider, it probably has a tethering/hotspot feature.
>
> I just tested mine. It works great and laptop connected to it right away. Your cell phone wifi hotspot appears as a network on your laptop wifi list. You then connect to it like any other wifi source.  I can surf the web, but more importantly for FD it provides the telnet gateway to connect to your favorite cluster node. Some ops don't like to call CQ so having a bandmap full of active stations from the cluster becomes a great resource. Assuming you have rig control set up, you just click on the spot in N1MM+ and it will take to that frequency.
>
>
> 73 Darrell AB2E
>
>
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