I stupidly promised to have IRLP on the repeater for the local 900 MHz 
network before I bought the board for that, then can't afford the board and 
kept hearing "when are you going to link it?" so decided to do it this way 
and at least get it to the New England network for sky warn and  have it 
available for RF connects the rest of the time. I have no hope of hitting my 
repeater with a hand held I have stuff blocking me. On 900 MHz though with 
the repeater splits and what not i can have the beam pointed at the repeater 
for the link and the vertical about 20 feet from it and use that for 
everything else on the band and they don't have any problem with each other. 
I don't know about both radios transmitting at the same time but oh well. 
Hopefully I won't have to do that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: my intro: and help with echo link


> Hi Matt,
>
> Yeah, the occasional tone or what have you breaking through isn=92t a =
> big deal to me.=20
>
> As to the other problems, I agree; I=92d rather have them than not have =
> the link.
>
> If I didn=92t want Echolink, I=92d take it off.
>
> But it does make for a nice way to chat with my ham friends in Texas.
>
> Sometimes HF just doesn=92t allow for that.=20
>
> And I like being able to walk around with a handheld and
> keep up with the folks I used to hang out with.
>
> Vy 73,
> Buddy KB5ELV