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Hi John;
ECHOLINK sure came a handy a couple of years ago.
My G5RV was down for a few months.
To my surprise I found a lot of people who use HF were also on ECHOLINK.
And, they were people I had been speaking with.
That's thee versatility of amateur radio, it encompasses almost any
means of communication to achieve its goal.
73 De Anthony w2ajv
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On 18 Jul 2005, at 14:50, John Miller wrote:
> when I signed up for echolink I didn't have to send them anything just
> registered my call and was good to go. I'm never on though, tried
> it once
> and all anyone wants to do on there is voice chat and I get enough
> of that
> on ventrilo and skype and places like that, it's unfortunately not
> used much
> for it's intended purpose though I'm against the hole thing very much.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:25 PM
> Subject: REFLECTIONS
>
>
> Hi;
> As for operating a separate transmitter and receiver it wasn't a
> big deal.
> In many ways other than tune up it was easier than the radios of
> today.
> Remember there were no menu items, no dsp settings or audio filter
> settings
> for that matter.
> I suspect the ease of chatting with someone in another continent
> may have
> taken some of the thrill out of calling cq and getting a reply.
> Unfortunately you can do very similar things on line with much less
> fuss or
> fun for that matter.
>
> As for echo link, do they need something now in addition to your
> call sign?
> I signed up some time ago but only needed a call sign. The echo
> link jury
> is very much out. Is it just a chat room, a real qso? I haven't
> decided.
> Rich
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