OK1DWQ-G

LOW band DX - WFF - SOTA and next others hunting station

Public remote shared amateur radio station

From anywhere on PC or Android'

For worldwide licenced radio amateurs


Usability

Free for recieving. Free one week trial period for transmitting.

After the trial period trnsmission is available to licensed club members operators. It's work as a part of sharing economy and is presented like Virtual remote worldwide radio club

Whole remote system is featured with multiantenna switched system, 100W output - SSB/CW HF band system.

Currently system is usable on 160, 80, 40, 30, 20m amateur radio bands.

The application used to control the equipment is available on Windows PCs and Android smartphones and tablets.

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Membership payment

Free for test. Permanent use is for membership payment at symbolic 5€/ month or 50€/year. It is to cover the costs of elelctricy and internet conection. The owner invest in equipmnet personaly only.

Free for recieving. Free one week trial period for transmitting.

Location

The station is located 25km away from the citz of Pilsen in south-western part of the Czech Republic in an area clear of nice. You can check the location out here

System

Is base on Windows 10, on client server architecture of application of www.remotehams.com

Equipment

The server is administered via remote desktop application with 5/5Mbit upload/download bandwith at 2,4GHz.

Tha station i s currently using the Flex3000 radio. It is monitored by GSM control security access for electrify outages and break-ins. There is a remote controlled rotatable camera which records the feed to a remote HDD.

To switch the antennas remotely the KMtronic USB-RS232 8 channel switcher and the antenna switch by OK1GTH (http://ok1gth.nagano.cz/prepinacevo.pdf) are used. .

The on site computer is a DELL PC COREi5 16GB RAM with Windows10.

Available antennas:

  • Four square phased vertical array with www.RemoteQTH.com 8-direction coupler
  • Inverted Vee for 80 cca 12m up
  • InvertedL for 160m with 3 grounded radials at 12m up. It is usable also for 30 and 20m band.

Respect the rules

  • Join our facebook messenger grooup for a quick information broadcast channel
  • Use a prefix OK prefix before your callsign
  • Digital mode is not available due to distortions in transmitted signals by the used compression algorithm
  • Always check the SWR and tune with low power after changing the frequency (AM mode is set on 5W and has a carrier signal - try to change mode on AM and klick on TX button)
  • If someone else is using the rig, ask them before starting to control it
  • Learns how to use an antenna switch
  • Use the correct antennas on bands

Other info

The local chat in the RCForb client isn't usualy online monitored by me and is unusable for standard communication with Admin/me. Please to send me standard email or chat me via Facebook OK1DWQ remote or join into facebook messenger group for a current status informations. Best is email.

Don´t hesitate to turn to me with any questions and I will be like to share a wide experience and knowledgement with remotering by Remotehams.com

I expect 10-12 active members at most, as I didn't have a good experience another group remote stations where more than 5-6 users connected at the same taime. The users often lacked respect for others. This is not a bussines project. It is only intended to be an equipment sharing group.

73! Tom OK1DWQ / OL6D