Gateway Equipment

The radio in use for the gateway is an Xtreme XT1000 and is completely unmodified. It is mounted in the loft on the end of a 4.5' long plank of wood so it is right up in the apex of the roof. It is connected to a dedicated 200 MHz Pentium running Windows 98.

Up until February 2004 the link radio was an Oregon Scientific TP326 which was switched for the XT1000 after a visit from Ofcom who told me that powering the TP326 from a mains adapter connected to a pair of dummy batteries was breaking the PMR446 regulations.

The XT1000 seems to perform much better than the TP326 and gives a noticably better range which is probably due to the 1/4 wave antenna.

Link Radio (showing previous gateway radio: TP326)	Gateway PC