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Well, to be completely honest USB has come a long long way from where it was<br>2 or 3 years ago (completely useless), but I would not put a USB device in a location<br>that is difficult to get to such as a mountain top. <br><br>So far, in our testing, we really have not seen any reliability problems stemming from USB,<br>however, the USB just wasnt really designed to be an "unattended solution".<br><br>Im sure that no matter how many times we recommend to stay away from USB in a critical<br>situation, that there will be some that just insist on doing it anyway, and we'll just see what<br>kind of reliability they are able to attain.<br><br>Go with the Quad PCI and a fan-less disk-less embedded PC on the mountain tops. You cant go wrong.<br><br>Jim Dixon, WB6NIL<br><br><br>> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:17:17 -0800<br>> From: markhagler@gmail.com<br>> To: app_rpt@lists.illiana.net<br>> Subject: [App_rpt] USB interface reliability<br>> <br>> Hello all,<br>> <br>> I am building up a repeater to put on the air in Seattle as our first<br>> All Star node. I have the single-radio analog board which connects<br>> to my existing FXS card already but I don't want to put that up on top<br>> of a building in the long run.<br>> <br>> I'm curious if the cheap USB audio adapters (such as the one that<br>> computergeeks sells for something like $8) are a good long-term,<br>> reliable solution. I'm interested to hear from others running<br>> repeaters in good repeater sites that are using the USB ports,<br>> particularly those with repeaters in commercial or high-density sites<br>> where strong RF fields from other transmitters are common.<br>> <br>> The 4-port PCI card is certainly an option but given the price<br>> difference I would really like to make an attempt at the USB interface<br>> first but would like some advice of others on the<br>> stability/reliability of it. It won't be suitable for me if it's at<br>> all problematic as visiting this repeater site is not something I can<br>> do regularly.<br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks<br>> <br>> <br>> Mark Hagler<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> App_rpt mailing list<br>> App_rpt@lists.illiana.net<br>> http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt<br></body>
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