Nokia Internal Use Only  Prediction capabilities automated for each spot  Closer integration with ClubLog  ClubLog statistics utilized more  Use ClubLog as your log, which enables needed listings (country/band/mode)  Further develop data exchange APIs to publish and use real time spot data in external applications Future Ideas

Nokia Internal Use Only  Remote stations have existed since long time to have optimal place for antennas and escaping man made noise, but all this has been done using more or less special technology: phone lines, radio links, etc.  The advent of internet and voice over internet has changed the picture drastically  Enables station and user location to be separated  Enables communities, eg. clubs to serve wide user space  Rules for contesting, DXing, etc. have to be updated  Progress done in CQ and DXCC coming up Ultimate Remote and DXing

Nokia Internal Use Only  Hams are not the only ones fighting with restrictions and city pollution Remote Astronomy The solution is remotely controllable telescopes at optimal locations - to own or for hire

Nokia Internal Use Only  OF9X/OH9SCL activity from the land of Santa Claus was big success especially in the USA. Propagation only worked from the North and Martti OH2BH made thousands of QSOs remotely from Helsinki via OH8X. Propagation Saved Santa

Nokia Internal Use Only  1980s and earlier  Phone lines for voice and special techniques for simple control signaling  Radios were not computer controllable, thus special technologies were needed  1990s  Early computer control over modem or slow net  Voice still over telephone line or 2M/70cm  2000s  Skype & Voip  Good CAT control  HRD and other excellent pieces of SW  Kenwood remote concept over 2M/70cm  2010s  Remoterig standalone boxes for VoIP and basic station control  Rigs, AMPs with ethernet capability  SDR radios  Next  Key station elements all have ethernet and provide full ‘twin radio’ experience  Standardized (HW) interfaces !?  SDRs covering whole HF Remote Technologies

Nokia Internal Use Only  Arcala remote works fully over IP without computer running at Arcala end. But system is complex and not very expandable/portable. Arcala Remote Today Antenna Control Unit ON/OFF Control Unit Tower Server Arcala station domain Cloud service domain Client domain Browser UDP HTTP TCP

Nokia Internal Use Only Arcala Remote v2 Antenna Control Unit ON/OFF Control Unit Arcala Server -Kayak -ZeroMQ Arcala Server -Kayak -ZeroMQ Arcala station domain Cloud service domain Client domain Browser -On/Off -OM control -Tower/Ant control -PWR/SWR -Diagnostics Browser -On/Off -OM control -Tower/Ant control -PWR/SWR -Diagnostics UDP HTTP HTTP/TCP server PWR/SWR Diagnostics DB - MySQL

Nokia Internal Use Only  Station control over Web Browser  Voice and radio control over Remote rig devices or PC with RR client SW  Will support SO2R  Enables multiuser usage, chat channel included  Includes M/M operation remotely or locally  Authentication of users  Critical configuration, user, trace etc data stored to database for data mining  Centralized server handling for all TCP/HTTP communication  Modern open source tools used: Kayak, ZeroMQ, etc.  Server in cloud, no PC needed in Arcala  Standardized and simplified interfaces to various devices  Summit and other links: spot -> set radio, turn antenna Arcala Remote v2

Nokia Internal Use Only  DXing continutes to be important part of Arcala activities both for DX peditions and technology development  My DX Summit will allow personalisation of Summit  Links to complementing services like Voacap and Clublog will expand the usability to next level  Remote technologies have developed tremendously over the last decade providing new possibilities for radio amateur  Arcala is actively developing remote technologies to extend the station usage beyond basic contesting and onsite DXing Summary

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© Radio Arcala, OH8X, 2013 Veijto Kontas, OH6KN und Juho Juopperi, OH8GLV © Presentation Management Dokumentationsarchiv Funk Tonaufzeichnung: Sonja Vrisk, OE8YSQ Post production: Paulina Misztal