<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I didn't mean to mis-repsrent the cost of a BBB or dis it in any way. I have a BBB and it’s a fine node. Here’s why I recommend RTCMs over any type of USB node in general and specifically in response to Robert’s question:<div><br><div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>Permanent connections are no where near as reliable as RTCMs in mixminus mode. </li><li>Startup macros are very annoying when restarting and troubleshooting a node. </li><li>Repeater ID, hangtime, courtesy tones, touch tone commands, cron jobs, tail messages etc, etc, are all set just once. </li><li>Less is better: RTCMs are absolutely the least amount of hardware you can deploy.</li><li>Entire solution comes from a single source.</li><li>Easy to install by non Linux knowledgeable radio techs.</li><li>No CF or SD to burn or CD to load. </li><li>Just a few settings including audio. RX levels set with LED indicators.</li><li>Lots of TX audio drive.</li><li>Proven to work in harsh environments.</li><li>No problematic and unpredictable USB issues.</li><li>Have the capability to fail over to a backup server.</li><li>Have ZERO repeat audio delay in duplex mode 3.</li><li>If you might ever want to set up a voter or simulcast system you can.</li><li>Squelch is the best there is, as good as or better than MICOR squelch. </li><li>Firmware remotely upgradeable.</li><li>Runs over a wide input voltage. </li><li>On board RC pre and deemphasis filters.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>In all fairness there are a couple of drawbacks:</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>Repeater duplex mode 3 has no TT muting. Other full duplex modes do not have this issue.</li><li>This is somewhat subjective but my sense is the network needs to have lower loss and latency than with IAX.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, there are cheaper solutions but for my money, time and effort the RTCM is the best trade off. </div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 28, 2014, at 6:21 PM, k5tra <<a href="mailto:k5tra@austin.rr.com">k5tra@austin.rr.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chuck,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Actually, BBB for $55, uSD 16GB for $8 and USB FOB (modified) for $12 is well under $100 for a very good node.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tom / K5TRA<o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>App_rpt-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a><br>http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users<br><br>To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button"<br>You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.</div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>