[App_rpt] USB interface reliability

[Don Russell]

node 2091 has up and operating for 15 days. So far, so good. Its in a pretty heavy UHF RF environment at a tower
site in the middle of a corn field.  I will let you know when a year has gone by.. LOL

But overall it is working and sounding great.

Don
W9DRR



> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:17:17 -0800
> From: markhagler at gmail.com
> To: app_rpt at lists.illiana.net
> Subject: [App_rpt] USB interface reliability
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am building up a repeater to put on the air in Seattle as our first
> All Star node.     I have the single-radio analog board which connects
> to my existing FXS card already but I don't want to put that up on top
> of a building in the long run.
> 
> I'm curious if the cheap USB audio adapters (such as the one that
> computergeeks sells for something like $8) are a good long-term,
> reliable solution.   I'm interested to hear from others running
> repeaters in good repeater sites that are using the USB ports,
> particularly those with repeaters in commercial or high-density sites
> where strong RF fields from other transmitters are common.
> 
> The 4-port PCI card is certainly an option but given the price
> difference I would really like to make an attempt at the USB interface
> first but would like some advice of others on the
> stability/reliability of it.  It won't be suitable for me if it's at
> all problematic as visiting this repeater site is not something I can
> do regularly.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Mark Hagler
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