User manual

USER MANUAL

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RRC-1258 MKII

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User manual

Rev. PA8 – 23 Jan 2011

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General Description

The Remoterig RRC-1258MkII (RRC) is developed especially for remote control of Amateur

radio stations via the Internet in a user-friendly and cost-effective way. The RRC units are

used in pairs, one is connected to the radio (Radio-RRC) and the other is connected to the

control equipment (Control-RRC). The system is unique in the way that no PC is needed for

the voice and data communication it’s handled by the two RRC. There are two versions

available RRC1258MkII and RRC1258MkIIs, the difference is that the (s) versions handles two

audio channels from the radio which is useful together with dual receiver equipment. The

Remoterig system can be configured to work together with most Amateur radio stations

available on the market from ICOM, Kenwood, Yaesu, Elecraft and Alinco. The Remoterig

system fits very well in the following situations:

You are not allowed to put up antennas at your home.

The noise level is too high to make Amateur radio activity possible.

You want to build so big antennas that can’t be done in urban areas.

You do not want to be dependent of PC:s for the remote control.

Etc.

The Remoterig system itself will not introduce any latency and the latencies introduced by

Internet will rarely be any noticeable problem. The Remoterig system also includes a unique

solution for operating CW over Internet and it also includes a CW-keyer. The Remoterig

system is connected to the Internet primarily via 10 or 100 Mbit Ethernet and fixed

connections like DSL, cable and WLAN. 3G based mobile solutions will also work but

sometimes with reduced performance. The system is portable and you can use it from almost

any network connection in the world. Session control, audio (VoIP) and data is transferred

using standardized protocols like SIP, RTP etc. where you can select different audio qualities

depending on available bandwidth. The RRC-1258MkII is easily configured via modern USB

and WEB based user interfaces.

Detachable control panel

You will get the ultimate function of the Remoterig system together with radio stations with

detachable control panels like Kenwood TS-480, Kenwood TM-D710, Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM