EL is just another control link method - in his case land line. That said, EL should be smart enough to not transmit on active frequencies. That's a shortcoming of EL or the interfacing, not necessarily the operator.
Joe M. David Jordan wrote: > > > Here in Arlington County, VA OEM/RACES we have two Internet Remote > Amateur Radio (IRAR) Stations build around the Kenwood TS2K w/ 80-6M and > 2m-70cm antennas. > > > > Our RACES volunteers check-in to the weekly exercise nets using the IRAR > stations when they are traveling for business or just for fun. One of > the stations has antennas mounted on the roof of the court house about > 425ft above sea level. That station on VHF-UHF can hit most repeaters > 50-60 miles away; lots of fun. > > > > Riley Hollingsworth has toured the stations as have other FCC officials > and there is no regulation issue involved with operations of this type. > It is not a problem! > > > > Where there is a problem is when folks attempt to use Echo Link for HF. > The end user has no control over the freq. and the minute the Echo Link > connection is made it announces itself over the HF station. Our HF net > on 40m had a problem with a ham up in Erie, PA who thought it was cool > to have Echo Link on his HF radio but the damn announcements would come > in over top on-going conversations creating a lot of confusion. That was > not a good use the Internet and it created some ill will. I think the > folks at Echo Link have since create an application that offers better > controls that eliminate unwanted interference. Not sure about that part > of it. > > > > 73, > > Dave > > Wa3gin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of > *larryjspamme...@teleport.com > *Sent:* Friday, September 04, 2009 12:43 PM > *To:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [Repeater-Builder] HF "Remote Bases" - Illegal? > > > > > > From the tenmet...@yahoogroups mailing list (mainly a group of people > who participate in the 10-10 Club awards programs.) > > There's a discussion on the list about how HF "Remote Base" stations are > most likely not legal. > > > >
