John, While I have not seen the receiver web applet before, there is another type of similar setup I think you'll find interesting. Instead of just being able to listen, what if you could actually use the end station to receive AND transmit! A handful of clubs from around the world have taken time to connect a full ham station to a PC and allow other operators to use it from across the Internet.
Believe it or not, we actually are fortunate enough to have such a station here in Baton Rouge! The station is provided by LSU and the Highland Road Observatory, and for those who might be radio savvy, features a Kenwood TS-2000 configured for Satellite, terrestrial repeater and world wide H.F. use. Through the magic of a very nice client and a simple NetMeeting session, you can control every aspect of the radio and transmit and receive as well. I've had several chances to use this setup and it works quite well. For more information visit: http://www.bro.lsu.edu/radio/. Being new to the group, I'm not sure what has been discussed before and what hasn't, but I'll throw this one out there just in case. One of the neater things we've been playing with is VoIP Ham Applications, IRLP, http://www.irlp.net and EchoLink, http://www.echolink.org in particular. I've had an IRLP station setup locally for more than a year and I love it, I can connect across the world and make contacts, or across the state, assuming that area has a node (or radio connected to the Internet). Best of all the IRLP system uses Linux (originally Redhat, but Debian and Fedora are in the process of being adapted) for the computer sending and receiving from the Internet. If anyone has any questions or if there is any interest I'd be happy to provide more information either on or off list. Just something else pumping up the hobby... Justin W. Pauler --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:59:09 -0800 (PST) To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] for the Hams, and future hams: DX on a web page Now this is really cool! There are a number of DXers out there who have hooked up a radio receiver to their PCs and allow others to tune it via a web applet. And, the web applet looks like a full featured radio receiver, with all kinds of knobs and buttons!!! ;) Not only that, but there are others listening in as well, so you can chat with them. WARNING: The web applet actually controls a piece of hardware sitting out there on the Internet somewhere, so know what you are doing first and then ask for permission from the others listening before tuning freqs or changing settings. RTFM and be polite!!! Great way to get your feet wet without buying anything. http://dxtuners.com John PS: Apologies if someone has posted this before, but I just had to share this. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
