people are losing the hole point of it as a hobby, and leaving me shaking my
head.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: echolink
> well in fact, one of the reasons I had echolink installed was because of
> band conditions on hf. They were poor enough in which I simply gave up
> with
> it at the time. I use that time to further look at other options. Hence
> echolink was an attraction and as it turned out, it was an excellent tool.
> Now instead of waiting for propagations for specific places in which I
> want
> to contact, I can look up that place on line and be guarantied a contact
> and
> one thing funny about which, I've ran in to people I know and people that
> were able to put me in touch with others whom I missed. Needless to say,
> my
> phone bill hasn't increase. For that's another way to specifically make a
> contact to some place in particular. With that said, the hf radio's beside
> the computer so I certainly make use of it when at all possible.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David W Wood" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:53 AM
> Subject: Re: echolink
>
>
> Bob and ALL
>
> why not just turn on your rig and shout?!
>
> The unpredictability of HF propagation is less challenging than the
> problems of computers!
>
> David
>
>
> In message , Bob Humbert <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>Scotty does a great job of explaining Echolink but Echolink just isn't as
>>friendly as it could or should be. I have offered to pay anyone to set up
>>Echolink on my computer and to do a little hand holding with me as I try
>>to
>>learn it to no avail. It's not really ham radio but until the sun settles
>>down and everyone turns on their HF rigs again it seems to be the only
>>game
>>in town. Those of you who are good at it; is it as unfriendly as it
> appears
>>to be or are some of us just too dense to "get it". Has Freedom
>>Scientific
>>written any special Jaws scripts for it and do they help?
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:56 AM
>>Subject: Re: echolink
>>
>>
>>> If a station disconnects you go in to your jaw curser and near the
>>> bottom
>>> it
>>> will list the last station that connected to you. I believe if there's
>>> an
>>> add on you can put on to echolink that keeps an electronic log so you
>>> can
>>> keep track of all your missed calls. It might even be a part of the
>>> program
>>> already for what I know. If so, it sure isn't speechfriendly.Also, it's
>>> been
>>> brought to my atention by a list member that there are scripts you can
> add
>>> on to echolink available for a fee. I don't have the scripts but maybe
> one
>>> of these days I'll look in to it and see if it makes an improvement
>>> working
>>> with speech. At the moment it's kind of tricky but if you get use to
>>> some
>>> of
>>> the keyboard short cuts, you can get around it fairly good. Of course,
>>> it's
>>> still not a hundred percent however, considering the use I get from
>>> echolink, it's working out pretty good.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:19 AM
>>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>>
>>>
>>> if they're connected to you just hit the spacebar or what ever your PTT
>>> button is, you don't need to do anything else, if they disconnect, you
>>> just
>>> have to find them on the list. I don't think there's a way after they
>>> disconnect to figure out who called since I don't use it hardly ever but
>>> there might be. I much rather actually get on the air myself.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>>
>>>
>>> No, guys, if a station out of the blue calls me, with my cursor not
>>> being
>>> on
>>> the station calling, how do I call them back, understanding that I have
> no
>>> idea where they are on the list?
>>>
>>> Fred Olver n9bso
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm not understanding your question actually either. If you're asking
>>>> about
>>>> how to respond to a station connecting to your node, asuming you hear
>>>> them
>>>> connect, just press your space bar or which ever button you've
> costumized
>>>> for transmitting. If you're asking about how you can tell who they are,
>>>> as
>>>> they're connected to you press alt three. You'll hear the person call
> and
>>>> first name.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:22 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It depends what you mean by get back to them. Are you talking about
>>>> how
>>>> to
>>>> transmit, or how to find the station to connect to them again latter?
>>>> Mark WZ0K
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>>>>
>>>
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>>24:0
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio.
>>>>
>>>> http://funhamradio.bloki.com
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:01 PM
>>>> Subject: echolink
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Okay, Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> So my puter is lying to me, anyway, that's what I think, been getting
>>>>> audio
>>>>> reports today and appears I'm being heard, so now, a station calls me,
>>>>> they're not on my screne, how do I get back to them?
>>>>>
>>>>> Fred OLver n9bso
>>>>>
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