At 9/3/2007 11:58 PM, you wrote: >For better or for worse, the Report & Order that went through this >year with the CW changes, etc... also included allowing Auxiliary >stations in 2m. (Note: Many areas local bandplans have not kept up, >and may never... VHF is busy and cramming in more Auxiliary Stations >is retarded when there is plenty of spectrum in 220, UHF and on up. > >I argued, bellowed, and generally made an ass of myself for years >about simplex IRLP nodes (since I'm one of the IRLP server and >installation volunteers, I felt I should say something, once in a >while anyway), on 2m simplex which were completely illegal unless >someone was physically present at the IRLP node and acting as a >control operator... this also applied to EchoLink and others... up >until this rule change took affect.
FWIW, the control op didn't need to be physically at the IRLP node in order to control it, but rather present at a CONTROL POINT. This means one could control their IRLP node via a radio control link (not common but possible), or (more likely) via the internet from another location. I don't know about Echolink, but for IRLP I can control our club's node from any place I can run an SSH client. Bob NO6B
