Hi John.

While I don't personally have much interest in Echo Link, and usually 
ignore the posts on the subject, I find that there are some positive 
aspects to it.  We have something in our area called "the Newbie Net" that 
meets on Sunday evenings at around 9:15 pm.  the purpose of the net is to 
create a forum where new operators can ask questions, and hear 
presentations on various topics--a sort of on the air general purpose 
training format.  The idea has started to catch on in several other areas 
and people from the Albany and Cleveland areas are coming into our net 
through Echo Link.

I frankly see nothing wrong with that.  In fact, it seems pretty 
beneficial.  I find that purists often object to the very changes that can 
enhance and evolve amateur radio, and in this case where it is increasing 
activity on a repeater that would otherwise be dead on a Sunday night, I 
find it hard to see how that can be bad.

There is all kinds of empty space on ham radio these days.  Echo Link is 
just another facet of ham radio, and I think there is enough room for it 
along with everything else that amateur radio has to offer.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:50 AM 10/28/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>As I see it, it's not radio, it's anti radio, and is absolutely murdering
>ham radio. I'll either be actually on the air, or doing something else but I
>didn't work so hard to get my license to use the computer to make my
>contacts for me because I'm too lazy to setup a station and work for the
>contacts. I had a simplex link up for a while but it was a couple statements
>I heard on it that made me wake up and realize just how bad echolink is
>hurting things and it was then that I pulled it down for good. I suppose if
>a sponsoring group wants it on 1 of my repeaters, I may consider it but I
>won't be using it and probably won't put it on at all.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Introduction
>
>
> > On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:04 AM, John Miller wrote:
> >
> >> My CW is very slow, I much prefer phone, and would be absolutely
> >> ashamed to
> >> be on echolink
> >
> > Well....there's one great way to improve that cw speed :) And as for
> > Echolink, why not use it? I mean--you *are* allowed to connect radios
> > to it, y'know, so it really *is* radio, except when it isn't.
>
>
>
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