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My father is an avid ham operator and unfortunately at his age, his health is declining. Soon he will have to move from a remote location where he has all the

My father is an avid ham operator and unfortunately at his age, his health is declining. Soon he will have to move from a remote location where he has all the antennas for various bands etc and I wonder if there’s some Internet to radio bridge so he could still use his equipment remotely?

wkat4242 4y ago
Yes this is a thing. Modern rigs can be controlled over the internet pretty well. Sometimes you can even take the control head with you!
xxpor 4y ago
It really depends on which radios he has. A lot of modern ones will allow direct control via an Ethernet port
thrwawy74 4y ago
One of my favorite projects is the KiwiSDR network, which is essentially making radios available online for public use: http://kiwisdr.com/ http://kiwisdr.com/ http://rx.kiwisdr.com http://rx.kiwisdr.com Your father could be anywhere and enjoy listening from... anywhere? :-)
Awmusic12635 4y ago
Checkout RCForb by remote hams. My dad is a ham radio operator and uses this to use his equipment remotely. Your can run your own server and connect to it or use ones that other people make public (though some of them you need to be part of a radio club for) http://www.remotehams.com/help.html http://www.remotehams.com/help.html .
tjohns 4y ago
Some modern radios have remote control software available. For example, Icom has software specifically for their radios: https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/rsba1/default.aspx https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/rsba1/def... For radios that don't have a network interface, RemoteRig sells a box that will network-enable most radios, either via PC control or using a detached control panel: https://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=362 https://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=362 There's also no lack of ways to homebrew this using a RaspberryPi and the right cables: https://rigpi.net/ https://rigpi.net/ (FlexRadio also makes some very impressive programmable SDR radios that are entirely network controlled, if you were buying new equipment. Amazing gear, not cheap though.)
wildzzz 4y ago
If any of his gear has CAT interfaces, a simple solution would be to use a PC with a CAT cable and the audio running to a soundcard. Flrig allows for remote control over the network and voice can be passed to the remote PC. He can do digital, voice, and CW all from the comfort of his bed with a laptop and headset. If he only has really old fully analog gear, this won't work and he'd be better off using KiwiSDR or buying him a "shack-in-a-box" type unit that would let him do anything from HF to UHF with his existing antenna and coax lines. http://www.w1hkj.com/W3YJ/Remote_Article.pdf http://www.w1hkj.com/W3YJ/Remote_Article.pdf But you can use whatever old PC you can dig up rather than a raspberry pi.

wkat4242 4y ago

Yes this is a thing. Modern rigs can be controlled over the internet pretty well. Sometimes you can even take the control head with you!

xxpor 4y ago

It really depends on which radios he has. A lot of modern ones will allow direct control via an Ethernet port

thrwawy74 4y ago

One of my favorite projects is the KiwiSDR network, which is essentially making radios available online for public use: http://kiwisdr.com/ http://kiwisdr.com/ http://rx.kiwisdr.com http://rx.kiwisdr.com Your father could be anywhere and enjoy listening from... anywhere? :-)

Awmusic12635 4y ago

Checkout RCForb by remote hams. My dad is a ham radio operator and uses this to use his equipment remotely. Your can run your own server and connect to it or use ones that other people make public (though some of them you need to be part of a radio club for) http://www.remotehams.com/help.html http://www.remotehams.com/help.html .

tjohns 4y ago

Some modern radios have remote control software available. For example, Icom has software specifically for their radios: https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/rsba1/default.aspx https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/rsba1/def... For radios that don't have a network interface, RemoteRig sells a box that will network-enable most radios, either via PC control or using a detached control panel: https://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=362 https://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=362 There's also no lack of ways to homebrew this using a RaspberryPi and the right cables: https://rigpi.net/ https://rigpi.net/ (FlexRadio also makes some very impressive programmable SDR radios that are entirely network controlled, if you were buying new equipment. Amazing gear, not cheap though.)

wildzzz 4y ago

If any of his gear has CAT interfaces, a simple solution would be to use a PC with a CAT cable and the audio running to a soundcard. Flrig allows for remote control over the network and voice can be passed to the remote PC. He can do digital, voice, and CW all from the comfort of his bed with a laptop and headset. If he only has really old fully analog gear, this won't work and he'd be better off using KiwiSDR or buying him a "shack-in-a-box" type unit that would let him do anything from HF to UHF with his existing antenna and coax lines. http://www.w1hkj.com/W3YJ/Remote_Article.pdf http://www.w1hkj.com/W3YJ/Remote_Article.pdf But you can use whatever old PC you can dig up rather than a raspberry pi.