# Using Allstar in the Mobile **URL:** \ **Category:** AllStarLink\ **Created:** [April 30, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/using-allstar-in-the-mobile/19347 "2022-04-30T21:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![WD6AWP](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/wd6awp/32/5_2.png) [@WD6AWP](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/WD6AWP)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/using-allstar-in-the-mobile/19347/9 "2022-05-21T04:18:24Z")
I continue to recommend a RTCM for mobile operation… > [@How to send Connection announcements to remote nodes?](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-send-connection-announcements-to-remote-nodes/19098/3): > > Hello @kd7lmn, For mobile users such as yourself I recommend using a [micro-node.com RTCM](http://micro-node.com/thin-m1.shtml) connected directly to your mobile node radio. No node computer is needed in the mobile. RTCMs always connects back to the Allstar server. You don’t need to open any ports at the RTCM end. We use them on cellular connections. Think of the RTCM as sound fob connected over the IP network. The RTCM replaces the node and sound fob in your mobile. You only need the one node back at your VPS (or home). Also (you… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/using-allstar-in-the-mobile/19347)._