so ive been running a remote setup for about two years now using a mix of stuff — SDR-Console with a LimeSDR mini at the shack, some VPN tunneling back to my home network, and a Raspberry Pi doing the heavy lifting for PTT and CAT control. works fine mostly but its always been this janky thing where if the Pi crashes or something trips at home i have to either drive back or hope my neighbor can go hit the reset button.

anyway a buddy of mine told me to just use RemoteHams and honestly i looked into it and i dont fully understand what the advantage is for someone already doing this. like is it mainly for people who dont want to set up their own infrastructure? or is there something im missing about the SDR remote piece of it. i know some guys use it for internet linking too but ive never gotten into that side of things.

mostly asking because my lease situation might change and id potentially be putting the radio at a different QTH and i want something more robust than what i currently have cobbled together

RemoteHams really does shine if youre moving the station around or dont have consistent access to do maintenance. the RCForb client side is pretty polished compared to rolling your own, and the SDR remote stuff integrates well if youre using an SDR that plays nice with it. i ran a K3 remotely through it for about 8 months and the latency was genuinely acceptable even on my somewhat sketchy uplink at the remote site.

that said if youre already deep into SDR-Console and your current setup mostly works, the learning curve to move everything over might not be worth it unless you have a specific reason. the internet linking piece is more for guys who want to tie into repeater systems and EchoLink type stuff, which is kind of a different use case than pure remote HF operation. one thing i would say is the watchdog and auto-restart stuff in RemoteHams is better than most DIY setups ive seen, that alone might be worth it for your situation with the unreliable Pi.

honestly i just use a cheap smart plug on the Pi and have it on a schedule to reboot every night at 3am. not elegant but ive had zero issues since i started doing that lol. not sure that helps your actual question