Web Contolled Receivers (or Internet accessed receivers)
 

Greetings:

I would appreciate some comments on Internet accessible
receivers; to me they represent a useful resource for
propagation studies, signal chasing, RDF and a great
many other applications. Have you used any and for what
purposes?

I would also appreciate someone willing to test a
receiver that I have put online; that person must
be willing to install a SIP softphone and set up
a VoIP account (free) if they don't already do VoIP,
and also use a browser that supports java applets.

TIA,

Michael
msg _at_ cybertheque _dot_ org

Web Contolled Receivers (or Internet accessed receivers)
 

msg wrote:
Greetings:

I would appreciate some comments on Internet accessible
receivers; to me they represent a useful resource for
propagation studies, signal chasing, RDF and a great
many other applications. Have you used any and for what
purposes?

No, if I would be interested in that, I would listen to streams from
radio stations right away. Half the fun is building your own antenna's,
etc. But I can understand that others are interested in it.

I would also appreciate someone willing to test a
receiver that I have put online; that person must
be willing to install a SIP softphone and set up
a VoIP account (free) if they don't already do VoIP,
and also use a browser that supports java applets.

Why not use Windows Media for that? Far easier for the listeners....
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JeroenK

Web Contolled Receivers (or Internet accessed receivers)
 

msg wrote:
JeroenK wrote:

msg wrote:
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I would also appreciate someone willing to test a
receiver that I have put online; that person must
be willing to install a SIP softphone and set up
a VoIP account (free) if they don't already do VoIP,
and also use a browser that supports java applets.



Why not use Windows Media for that? Far easier for the listeners....


This is a hands-on controllable and tunable receiver, not a web-form
click contrivance. Using WMA, streaming MP3, etc. incurs unacceptable
audio delays that make hands-on tuning unusable. Streaming the audio
with RTP using SDP (or RTSP/RTCP when practicable) removes the
offending latencies for the most part).


Just so you don't think I'm daft, Kenwood employs the same strategy
in streaming audio to their proprietary receiver control software; here
is an excerpt from the TS-480 User Manual:

ARCP-480 is compatible with the
Kenwood Network Command
System, enabling control of the
TS-480 over a network and, using
H.323 (VoIP), making voice
transmission/reception possible.

I don't require installation of any proprietary software, just a VoIP
'phone call'

Regards,

Michael

Web Contolled Receivers (or Internet accessed receivers)
 

msg wrote:

Just so you don't think I'm daft,

I know this group has members treating each other in such ways, I had no
intention too!

Excuses if it came off that way.

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JeroenK