Thanks so much. If I have some time, I'll try to set it up. 73 and all the best.
2009/5/30 jay curry <[email protected]> > Two things as reminders regarding IRLP. As noted they are tied to > repeaters. If you are going to use a person or group's repeater, talk with > the repeater owner. Most will be more than happy to explain any restrictions > or requirements for using IRLP on their repeater. Some owners set their > repeaters to be one to one connections only, no reflectors, some require a > PL/CTCSS tone on both ends of the IRLP connection. If you are using the > local repeater already, and it requires tone, you've already configured it > into your radio. Some repeaters will only open IRLP out to users who enter a > touch tone password. > > Whether the repeater owner requests it or not, if their is a club > associated with the repeater, become a club member. In almost all cases the > dues to the club are a significant portion of the payments needed to keep > the repeater on the air. A good location for a repeater may cost upwards of > $1000 a month to maintain. It's significantly less expensive if the repeater > is on some person's property with his or her own tower, the cost is > significantly less, but the hardware still draws power, and it's generally a > good idea to send the operator of the repeater a note of thanks and if he's > looking for assistance, financial or otherwise, help out however you can. > > Some repeater IRLP, EchoLink, and WIRES (proprietary linking protocol used > by some repeater owners, quite common in Japan, and often configured as the > default linking protocol setup in yaesu vhf/uhf radios) access is often only > granted to club members, and not following the rules of the club may get > you, or the link you are trying to connect to banned by the repeater owner. > There are several mechinisms available to restrict access, including using a > different pl/ctcss tone for accessing the linking tools than generally is > used for accessing the repeater. If you don't own the repeater, you are > behaving as the repeater owner's guest. Act responsibly. > > But you knew most of that. > > Many D-Star repeaters also have an internet link built in that links that > repeater to other repeaters. Once set up, you can call 'cqcqcq' into the > repeater and start chatting to the group, or you can call operators by call > signs, and if they have connected to a D-Star repeater on the Internet (and > that call sign has propegated fully, a different issue) it doesn't mater if > they are on the local repeater, or around the world, it will link up > transparently for you. > > I understand that D-Star pc adapters are available as well, which would > allow for an echolink type connection to or from your pc. I don't know how > well that is integrated with Linux or Ubuntu though. In the US, the only > radios that I know of that are generally available and support D-Star are > Icom UHF/VHF capable rigs, either as sold, or if the radio supportts it, > with an aftermarket adapter. If you are in a community that uses D-Star, you > probably know more about it than I though. I've got a repeater in the area, > but I'm not all that active on the digital repeaters. > > 73, > > -Rusty - kc0vcu > > 2009/5/29 Corey Shields <[email protected]> > > Hi Tony, >> >> You've got the basics down, IRLP is just linking repeaters to each other >> through VoIP. You can dial 1-to-1 or 1-to-many via the use of a reflector >> node. EchoLink is a similar concept but expands to include end users on >> computers using echolink software whereas IRLP is restricted to repeaters. >> >> For a better overview, see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Radio_Linking_Project >> >> Also, there is a directory where you can locate the nearest IRLP node to >> you by lat/long. http://status.irlp.net >> >> Cheers, >> -Corey KB9JHU >> >> 2009/5/29 Antonio Nešić <[email protected]> >> >> Hi there. >>> I hope you won't mind question. >>> I'm radio amateur for maybe five years and I know very little about >>> IRLP. >>> All I know that it's some sort of VoIP connected with radio, but I have >>> no clue how does it work and what sort of hardware does it require at >>> all. >>> Can someone help me with this or maybe send me some link with more >>> info... >>> Tnx. >>> Greetings from Croatia. >>> Tony 9A6PAL >>> >>> U Pet, 29. 05. 2009., u 09:10 -0600, Joey Stanford je napisao/la: >>> > It's a LP list so it defaults to reply to author which is actually the >>> > recommended standard to prevent looping from vacation responders. >>> > Just do a reply-all to get it back to the list. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 16:58, David L. Martin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > Corey Shields wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >> Good to see an Ubuntu hams group! >>> > >> Just to throw this out.. I run IRLP reflector 9440, which we set up >>> > >> primarily to serve a University linked repeater system and nets on >>> channel >>> > >> 0. I've got plenty of extra channels available if anyone would like >>> to >>> > >> schedule a meet up on the air sometime and talk Ubuntu ham software. >>> > > >>> > > I know nothing of IRLP, or even if I have a local machine that >>> supports it. >>> > > >>> > > I know we used to have echolink in the area, but I haven't used it in >>> ages. >>> > > >>> > > But the idea sounds like a good one. >>> > > >>> > > BTW, is the list setup properly? Shouldn't replies go to the list by >>> > > default? >>> > > >>> > > W0SNJ >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > David L. Martin >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > Mailing list: >>> > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> > > Post to : [email protected] >>> > > Unsubscribe : >>> > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mailing list: >>> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> > Post to : [email protected] >>> > Unsubscribe : >>> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Corey Shields >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-hams> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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