Ok we are WAY off topic here, as this it the LUG list that is. We can discuss this further in person. We are at a close on this thread
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2011-05-03 14:28, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > >> Adding one more question on this pile that's about to fall over. >> Say you had a General license, but lack and adequate "rig" is there a >> method of remotely working a call? >> > > Not "had"... "have". My license is current. One thing nice about amateur > radio licenses is that they're renewable without testing again. Next time I > need to renew is 2013. > > You basically have two choices on how to talk over the air without having a > rig: > > A) use someone else's rig in their presence (this is allowed even > if the person using the rig doesn't have a license, because they > are being monitored by someone who does) > > B) If you have a current ham license, then it might be possible to > connect to a repeater via VoIP. These days repeaters are commonly > connected via VoIP over the internet; I keep hearing of a program > called "echolink" which apparently does this. These same internet > links are also used to remotely control the repeaters. I'm not > familiar with the software, but it should also be possible to > use the same method to be able to transmit over the air via VoIP, > but I think it's rare for someone outside of the repeater > organization to do that. > > Likewise, even 10+ years ago it was common for repeaters to have > a "phone patch" available for members to be able to call home > from your car. Obviously this was before the days call phones > became the norm... and the downside is that your entire > conversation was broadcast over the repeater. > > A) is likely, B) less so. One interesting side note with A) is that it > presumes the overseeing ham is in your presence -- so for instance a ham > can't let you use his callsign for APRS for that reason. This is where the > problem of APRS devices coming pre-programmed becomes a concern. > > > Now ( unlike back 20 years ago ) we have the Internet. So I'm wondering >> with software and VoIP could remote CQ equipment be accessed? >> >> The idea being I rather pay a monthly fee/dues and sign up for a slot to >> get access to a well placed transmitter/receiver etc. >> Rather blow my money on cool handled then install a tower at my house. >> > > Depending on where you live you may not need a tower. A lot of people do > well with a small yagi antenna on their roof, or even just a portable rig in > your car with a car rooftop "whip" mag-mount antenna... which is exactly > what I've had on my car for the last oh, 10 years now. It's just a simple > 1/4-wave 2meter mag mount. > > And a friend of mine that got his Technician license (but later let it > lapse) had a lot of fun on mountaintops simply using a portable handheld rig > with the normal small "rubber duck" antenna, and which had a 1 Watt maximum > transmit power. > > So you don't *have* to have the expensive tower that your wife may not like > the sight of, or which your neighbors might be afraid of. [On the other > hand, if you *do* put up a tower, it will become the local neighborhood > lightning arrestor. ;-) ] > > > -- > -- Chris > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 >
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