Harry,
Windows XP SP3 isn't going to know what Hardware firewall/router you have or
be able to make changes to it.
On the Tuner issue, make sure you turn off the A G C in the 570 and make
sure you have set the antenna selector switch on the tuner to the proper
position. before you try to tune for maximum noise.
The manual I sent you for the tuner describes each of the positions of the
antenna selector switch.
If you are using a coaxial cable connected to antenna 1 than the switch
should be in the third position from fully counter clockwise including the
fully counter clockwise position.
73
Howard #3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 7:14 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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