Running 6300 remote mobile

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• Ken Hansen Member ✭✭

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  That's great - I've been thinking of doing something similar with my 6300. Does your truck have a 'built-in' hotspot, or did you just get a hotspot from a cell carrier? Any problems so far? I assume you're running Windows in the truck, I assume you are using the flex control for VFO, what are you using for mic/headset? Sorry for all the questions, thanks in advance, Ken, N2VIP

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• Tim Nolen, KE4UK Member ✭✭

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  Utilizing the Mic and Speaker on the laptop but headset is next. The hotspot is a GX450 Sierra. No problems at all so far. Have checked into the net on 14.300 and got good reports after adjusting mic gain.

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• Steven WA8Y Member ✭✭

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  I have a very good HF mobile but running remote via my vehicle's wifi is quite a novelty. My first time was from the car wash, second time was while my wife was driving (we were in the middle of an 8 hr. drive on the interstate).

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• Mike W8MM Member ✭✭

  May 2019 edited July 2019

  
  

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• Mike W8MM Member ✭✭

  May 2019 edited July 2019

  Above is my 6600 being remotely used in my Porsche Panamera via Smart SDR for iOS on my iPhone XS.  It automatically connects to the in-car handsfree system, posing as a phone call.  The receive audio comes through the Burmeister sound system beautifully and the transmit audio is picked up by the in-cabin Porsche hands-free microphone.  I get great reports on my transmitted audio.  PTT is handled by a Flic coin-cell-powered Bluetooth-LE-linked wireless push button fixed to the inside of the ashtray compartment where it falls readily to hand.  It's configured to toggle push-on & push-off.
  
  I absolutely love the convenience and quality of this "mobile" solution.  No antennas, no wiring, only a dash cradle for the phone.  I can operate 223 FM as in the photo (via transverter) or 40M SSB (w/1.5kW) driving to the office in the morning.  If one squints at the lower left of the photo, one can see the green off-hook telephone symbol with a 15+ minute call duration.  FB QSO!

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• Mike W8MM Member ✭✭

  May 2019 edited May 2019

  Should be Burmester, but auto-spell fooled me.

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• Dave - W6OVP Member ✭✭

  May 2019 edited May 2019

  I like your setup! Reminds me (not!) of my own first mobile rig:
  
  75M ARC-5 XMTR with carbon mike and PE-103 dynamotor. AM RCVR converter and base loaded antenna. Cables the size of small water hoses in a 1950 Chevy.
  
  We have come Sooo far. Congratulations!
  
  

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