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General discussion forum / Re: Using 3G or 4G on Remote - Need Advice

« on: 2014-01-02, 05:13:58 »

Thanks again for the info. I do have 4G LTE available at the remote site and I talked with Verizon for quite a while this afternoon. They can give me a public address. I'm putting up the antenna tomorrow which will be a simple dipole. I will order the Remoterig next week sometime. once I get it configured and working with my TS-480 on my own network I will get the 4G device. I will be able to configure and test everything with that here at home although things might be slightly different at the remote site. I'm going to get it going with voice, and the digital modes with HRD then take it out to the site.

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General discussion forum / Re: Using 3G or 4G on Remote - Need Advice

« on: 2014-01-01, 19:56:05 »

Thanks Mike. It sounds like you are saying that I should buy my own cellular router and get a SIM card from Verizon? That way I will have control over my ports?

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General discussion forum / Using 3G or 4G on Remote - Need Advice

« on: 2014-01-01, 02:11:53 »

I'm considering purchase of a RemoteRig. The remote location has 4G available. The carrier will be Verizon. The control point will be DSL. I've searched and read through a number of posts concerning 3 and 4G at the remote location and I'm pretty confused. I'm experienced in simple networks, but really have no knowledge of the cellular system.

It looks like I can use a 4G router connected to a RemoteRig. Is a USB 4G dongle or air card the better way to go? Do they still have those? I haven't seen one lately. As far as I can tell I cannot plug a dongle directly into the RemoteRig but instead need to use a router. It looks like I can use dyndns or a similar service that RemoteRig supplies to keep the IP updated when Verizon changes my IP since I will not have a private IP. It also appears that if I get a Verizon 4G router I need to have an additional router connected or is that only if I use a dongle or air card?

It probably doesn't matter but I will be controlling a Kenwood TS-480HX through an MFJ autotuner. I'm going to download the manual and look through that tomorrow.

Is there a single post somewhere that details all of the basic info I need to connect to a remote location using 3 or 4G? I don't want to get the 4G router and be stuck with a 2 year contract if it doesn't work.

Thanks,
Tom
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