I’m glad I was able to help you. 73 Ken KA6SUB

Thank you Bucky for your comment and your support. I appreciate all that you do for Fusion. 73 Ken

Derrick, yes you do need a windows computer for all Wires-X setups, the internet connection may be Wi-Fi or Wired. Thank you for your question. Chart... Good question, I will need to give that some thought, thanks for asking. I will need to get back to you on that. 73 Ken

Hi Rob, if you are talking about replacing the FTM 200 with a DR-2X repeater at your house, there would be no difference, but if you were to use a high-level repeater, you would obviously have greater coverage. Keep in mind that the use of a node at your home is for your personal use and should only give you nearby coverage (A Mile or less). Also nodes do not belong on repeater frequency pairs, they should be setup in simplex in the simplex portion of the band. Remember that repeaters should be coordinated through your local frequency coordination group and that some of these groups are either coordinating nodes or working towards node coordination to eliminate interference from adjacent users. I hope that this is helpful to you. Thank you for your question, i'm here to help! 73 Ken KA6SUB

@@thefusionelmerguy2234 Thanks for the reply. No, I'm happy with my configuration. I was just wondering if I was missing something regarding half duplex/full duplex operations with the way my room/node is set up. It's mostly my wife and I that use the room, so the 5 mile or so radius I seem to be getting works pretty well.

Sorry, Rob, but I may have misunderstood what you were asking for. Because you're node is not a repeater (Full Duplex) it only transmits what it hears through the Internet (Half Duplex). If you're using a pair of frequencies for your node, one for transmit, and one for receive, then everyone listening to your node will be listening on the output of the node and transmitting on the input of the node therefore, they would never hear anyone else talking to the node who was on RF. Now, if you were to have your node setup in Simplex mode, then everyone would be listening and talking on the same frequency and be able to hear each other, if they were within range of each other units. I'm not sure how you have your nodes set up, you never stated. But I would recommend setting it up in Simplex mode as I feel this would be the best option. I hope this now answers your question. Feel free to call me anytime. 73 Ken

@@thefusionelmerguy2234 Thanks. Yes, that is what I am doing. Simplex. I think you answered everything alright. These are great videos for the Wires/X community.

Thank you Howard. #1. You do not need a computer for the LAN Card to work, a computer is ONLY USED FOR THE SETUP! Wires-X does require a full time computer and donor radio when used off site. #2. I would not sell the LAN Card, you paid $200 for it and that also included installation and setup, good luck on getting $200 when you sell it. Now, at some later date, you realize a need and want to buy another Card, you will pay $300 and you do the install and setup. KEEP IT!!!! The LAN Card is used to setup a private network of repeaters that you would like to connect to either on a regular basis or on a permanent basis. This could be other repeaters that the club has, connecting them for nets, etc. you could talk to any one repeater in the network or combination of repeaters in the system. It is far more reliable than Wires-X! It does require that you have an internet connection at the repeater site, a static IP and ONE port to forward. I hope that I answered your questions. Feel free to ask other questions. Ken KA6SUB

@@thefusionelmerguy2234 Thanks for the reply. We'll keep the LAN card for future use.

If I had to guess, I would say NO! Sort of out of my pay grade, but there’s my two cents worth.

@@thefusionelmerguy2234 thank you for that reply. Great info on your channel.