On 05/12/2011 09:17 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > I haven't bothered with Echolink much. Seems to be just like any standard > VOIP offering, except you call hams instead of phones. I don't understand > why the need for a license, except to maybe keep it exclusive? You're not > transmitting over the air, so the FCC doesn't have their hands on it, so > what's the point, I guess?
Actually you are transmitting over the air. That's the point of echolink. For example, I can connect to the BYU repeater over echolink and talk to anyone in provo on the 2 meter band from anywhere in the world. Also echolink (well svx server) is used to link repeaters over the internet. > <snip> > The Internet infrastructure is so massively complex, it loses the sexy > appeal to spending $40, setting up a transmitter, receiver, antenna and a > little power to talk to people all over the world. So, I would say ditch > Echolink, and get on the air. You'll have more fun. You'll probably learn a > thing or two as well. :) I have a radio and I've used it. The problem is right now I'm well out of range of the BYU repeater (by several hundred miles) but I think it would be fun to hop on once in a while and talk to some of the folks back at byu. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
