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General discussion forum / CW operating eratically

« on: 2023-09-23, 04:39:00 »

I have been using RemoteRig RRC-1258 MKII successfully since 2016. My radio is Icom IC-7100. I have had success with CW and use a straight key. The key is plugged into the jack on rear of control head. Recently when I press the key the radio begins transmitting erratically and I have no control. This happens randomly. At times it will work fine for a short period of time and then malfunction. I cannot get it to work on 40 meters at any time, but at times will work for few minutes on 10, 15 and 20. I thought this might be a power supply issue but have substituted power supply and problem persists. This has  been going on for about a year. If anyone else is having this problem I would love to hear from them.

73, Kenny
KA3DCO
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General discussion forum / CW problems

« on: 2023-09-21, 02:58:04 »

I have been using RemoteRig RRC-1258 MKII successfully since 2016. My radio is Icom IC-7100. I have had success with CW and use a straight key. The key is plugged into the jack on rear of control head. Recently when I press the key the radio begins transmitting erratically and I have no control. This happens randomly. At times it will work fine for a short period of time and then malfunction. I cannot get it to work on 40 meters at any time, but at times will work for few minutes on 10, 15 and 20. I thought this might be a power supply issue but have substituted power supply and problem persists. This has  been going on for about a year. If anyone else is having this problem I would love to hear from them.

73, Kenny
KA3DCO

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General discussion forum / Internet parameters

« on: 2019-07-25, 19:14:40 »

Good afternoon. I have had good luck overall with RRC 1258 MK II gear and have used it regularly for the past two and a half years, first with the IC 706 and since March of 2018 with the IC 7100. Recently I lost connection and radio would not come on for a period of about three weeks. During this time none of the settings in either RRC unit were changed and suddenly it just began working again. At times the red LED on RRC unit comes on which is indicative of internet shortcoming. This may happen once or twice a week and does not stay on more than 30 seconds. When this happens everything on radio stops right where it is until LED goes out. During the past ten days I was unable to turn radio on again for two or three days and then it just came on without me doing anything. posts that I have read indicate internet may be the problem.

Question one - when this happens is there anything I can do to re-start radio?
Question Two - is there anything I can do to avoid this?
Question three - what kind of internet performance should be required for good sound operation of the RRC units?
Question four - if the internet is the problem what specifics can I take to my provider to compare my internet service with requirements?

Thanks for any input. I think the RRC is the best way to remote and am very impressed with the equipment.

Kenny, KA3DCO

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General discussion forum / IC-7100 and straight key

« on: 2018-05-04, 02:12:05 »

I am remoting an IC-7100 very successfully with the RRC 1258 MKII - I have no problem using a paddle connected to PAD jack on rear of RRC control unit - is there a means to use a straight key with this setup? I previously used the IC-706 MKII G and the key was connected to the mic jack on the 706 control head - Kenny, KA3DCO

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General discussion forum / audio pulsating off & on and radio cuts off after 30 seconds

« on: 2016-08-13, 17:47:36 »

In general I have had a successful remote operation since March of 2016. I live in a condo and my shack is several blocks away. My radio is IC-706 MK II and remote gear is RRC 1258 MkII. I am experiencing two issues, radio powering off after short time and the audio randomly pulsating off and on rapidly. Right now every time I power up radio it shuts off after 30 seconds or less. The first time this happened was May 4th, but until now has not been problem. I usually just power up again and all is OK. This has been happening more frequently in past few weeks. The other issue is the rapid pulsating of audio. This is also random and sometimes I may have a week with no problem, and then it comes back for days at a time. When this occurs it is next to impossible to operate. The first time this happened was on April 10. As time goes on it has gotten worse. I would assume that my configurations and settings are correct or system would not function at all. It does work and it works well most of the time . I have been impressed with setup and have gotten much pleasure being able to operate from home. Numerous times when these problems occurred I have re-entered port information in RRC's and routers and it disappeared for short time. I operated radio successfully using separation cable directly between radio control head and radio body for 45 minutes consecutively just yesterday. I have upgraded my internet server from Verizon DSL to cable which is three times faster. Both RRC units are connected to router via Ethernet cable, nothing is wireless. I have also considered the possibility of stray RF and have unplugged everything at both locations near the equipment. I am totally lost as to what to try next and would really appreciate any suggestions or help I can get.

Many thanks, KA3DCO

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General discussion forum / CW problems

« on: 2016-04-02, 03:50:04 »

I am using Icom IC-706 MK II with detachable head. RRC-1258 works just great on SSB. But, I cannot get any output on cw when paddle plugged into PAD jack on rear of RRC-Control unit. When activating paddle I hear side tone, receive function is muted, keyer speed function and tone control work well, but there is no output. I have checked Keyer configurations numerous times and get no results. I am favorably impressed with RRC-1258 so far.

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General discussion forum / Out of ideas to get units connected

« on: 2016-02-17, 06:31:44 »

Dear community,

We've spent weeks on this and have been unable to get a radio and remote control unit to connect across the internet. I'm attaching a PDF diagram of the interconnection of the units. It isn't really very complicated but the permutations of the settings has us defeated, the units just won't connect across the internet. They do just fine when connected "locally" (hardwired) on each side of the network connection but when attempting across the network, zip. We think the UDP ports 13000-13002, 23, 80 and 13010 are open on both sides of the network connection. There are complexities provided by the settings in the AppleAirPort Extreme router which give you possibilities for IPV6 (which we've declined and have specified IPV4). I've provided representative IP addresses of the nodes involved. Could someone verify which should be specified in the SIP fields of the RRC remote controller and if any should be in the RRC radio controller? Thanks for your assistance.

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General discussion forum / Still unable to connect

« on: 2016-01-31, 23:50:58 »

Am using IC 706 & RRC 1258 - I am unable to connect control unit to radio unit - radio functions perfectly within local network at home - have followed instructions and am confident settings are correct - I have checked and double checked both routers several times - when I browse "own host name" as described in manual I cannot get a connection - I have been patient and thorough since August working on this - any suggestions?

KA3DCO

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Blinking green LED

« on: 2015-12-23, 01:57:25 »

The green LED on front panel of RRC 1258 Control unit will not stop blinking. In an attempt to connect to Radio unit at another location as soon as I pressed the "power" button this LED began blinking. I am using an Icom IC-706 at and have not been able to get Radio to work. At same time LED started blinking three audio tones began through speaker, sounding much like the tones you get on a phone when you dial a wrong number. I am certain all my cabling is correct and I think my configuration is also correct. I have tried completely removing all wires and cables from Control unit but cannot stop the blinking. I have been successful in getting the radio to work only through my own router, but cannot get it to work in another location.

Kenny Thomas
KA3DCO
krtjr@verizon.net   

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General discussion forum / Can't connect Icom 706

« on: 2015-11-11, 22:59:44 »

Have been able to complete up to step 12 of System Setup however cannot get Icom 706 to power on via the RRC-1258 MK2 boxes. The settings file of each of the two boxes is attached. If the control cables are connected via the cat5 cable joiner adapter, the radio will power up via the control head but not when separated by the RRC boxes. I think the IP addresses are within the range acceptable by my network but cannot see any other setting that may be preventing the rig from powering up. Following reset of the boxes, the yellow LED on the AUX enet connector is off but within about a minute of trying to power up the radio, the yellow LED begins to blink but nothing else happens. Have tried using a SIP password and no password with no effect. Can you suggest any other tests or settings to try?

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Get Info IP Address?

« on: 2015-11-06, 20:38:14 »

The "Get From Device" button returns an IP address of 192.168.1.10 while the Net Info tab returns an IP address of 10.0.0.8. Why do these two IP addresses differ and how is the Net Info IP address set? The Get From Device button allows the address to be set and retrieved but can't figure out how the Net Info address got set or how to change it.