Thanks to all that posted this. I have run HO DCC with digitrax for a long time and was thinking after my purchase of a used O scale MTH GG-1 and planned O scale layout (at plywood and acquiring Ross swithes and flex track stage) that I would like to use DCC on my O scale and O-27 Lionel legacy engines. This posting has great information and the You Tube videos are very cool. Love 30th street station! Great job capturing the look and feel.
Will investigate the options. I know Bluetooth at least as of maybe 10 years ago had a short range low power and long range higher power mode. Also putting the antenna right next to the plastic will load the antenna a bit and detune it (causing less range). Same with parking the built in BT antenna next to metal. I see that the Bluerail BT module manufacturer was acquired by Ublox and there are modules with UFL external antenna options. That would certainly help with the diecast metal body for engines like my Lionel Steam Turbine if I convert it.
Happy new year and all the best for 2021!
