I just wondered because I don't see how getting on Echo Link would get him
back on HF.
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
> I've never heard one thankfully. It would be a great way to get techs
> operating outside their privileges, get them and the person hosting the
> lowlifelink hf station in trouble. I'd take pride turning that person in.
> Hopefully there are none though.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>
>
>> Are there HF stations remoted through Echo Link?
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ron,
>>> I just thank you for your help, for sure!
>>> I've got AT&T for my dsl service.
>>> Appreciate your encouragement.
>>> If I could just get echo link to work and be validated as well, I could
>>> =
>>> be back on hf, and everything would be ok then.
>>> The weird thing is, I have service pack 3, and they said that port =
>>> forwarding doesn't need to be done, is that true?
>>> Now I did go into my windows firewall in xp, and checked the exceptions,
>>> =
>>> and echo link is an exception, and it's checked, so, there should be no
>>> =
>>> problem, but it keeps failing the firewall test.
>>> OH well, I look forward to talking with Bob, tomorrow, maybe he can shed
>>> =
>>> some light on the echo link situation.
>>> Trippy, ac8s
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: Ron Canazzi=20
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:08 AM
>>> Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Harry,
>>>
>>> If you want to use Echo Link, you must port forward UDP ports 5198 and
>>> =
>>> 5199.=20
>>> This should be done in any and all firewall and virus software. As=20
>>> mentioned before, your modem might have a built in router that needs =
>>> to be=20
>>> configured. Since I do not know the provider you are using, I can't =
>>> say any=20
>>> more. If you do not have sighted help available for the modem/router,
>>> =
>>> then=20
>>> contact your service provider and ask them to port forward UDP ports =
>>> 5198=20
>>> and 5199.This should get you on Echo Link eventually.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:40 AM
>>> Subject: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link and hf remote =3D
>>> bases.
>>> Were not!
>>> First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =
>>> =3D
>>> license to the folks at echo link.
>>> It said my license is unreadable, so, no validation!
>>> Then, a firewall test failure!
>>> Here's what the test said.
>>> "Windows XP Service Pack 3
>>> Local IP address: 192.168.1.78
>>> Firewall Test Results: FAIL
>>> The test successfully connected to the EchoLink server on TCP port =
>>> 5200. =3D
>>> This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use =
>>> with =3D
>>> EchoLink.
>>> The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests. If =
>>> you =3D
>>> have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding =
>>> feature =3D
>>> is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
>>> Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
>>> =3D
>>> I'll try to find the help, but who knows!
>>> Now, back to the results.
>>> "If you have Internet security software installed, be sure it is =3D
>>> configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
>>> There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet. =
>>> A =3D
>>> router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
>>> Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =
>>> =3D
>>> modem, what are they drinking?
>>> For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> Solutions page on the EchoLink Web site.
>>> What a disaster this is.
>>> Ya know folks, all is nightmare could be prevented if they just let =
>>> =3D
>>> contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, =
>>> what =3D
>>> a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> not join, because people like me, who are in the minority. The ARRL, =
>>> =3D
>>> and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =3D
>>> situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer =
>>> live =3D
>>> where they have a yard to put up antennas?
>>> This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the =
>>> attitudes. =3D
>>> If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =3D
>>> wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, =
>>> just =3D
>>> think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
>>> Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =
>>> =3D
>>> with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great,
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =
>>> =3D
>>> that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham =
>>> rules =3D
>>> aren't being enforced.
>>> It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I =
>>> can't =3D
>>> have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
>>> There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from =
>>> ya. =3D
>>> I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =
>>> =3D
>>> many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =3D
>>> antennas where I live.
>>> " Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =3D
>>> stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
>>> =3D
>>> care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
>>> =3D
>>> have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, =
>>> issues =3D
>>> with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the =
>>> frequencies. =3D
>>> Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =
>>> =3D
>>> everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, =
>>> either =3D
>>> because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =
>>> =3D
>>> antenna stuff, and your body and/or mind, won't let you any more.
>>> I feel for sister Alverna, wa0sgj, in Rochester, Mn, who can't get on =
>>> =3D
>>> the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her =
>>> on =3D
>>> the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I =
>>> can't, =3D
>>> but I feel for her, she's just another casualty.
>>> I'd love you to send my email to ARRL, you have, for sure, my =3D
>>> permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what =
>>> they =3D
>>> either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
>>> =3D
>>> they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will =
>>> all =3D
>>> get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
>>> Trippy, ac8s
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