you refer to a 706...do youfind those little radios accessible? are there
limitations to how accessible  they are with the icom voice synth installed?
and precisely what information does the voice synth provide?
That is going to be my radio of choice in the very near future.
Regards
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: ECHOLINK!!!


> There are some open repeaters here that are on echolink, I don't know if
the
> echolink is open or not, 1 repeater is very often in use though and the
> other one used to have a ton of problems, I don't know if it works better
> now or not but when I'm on vacation the repeater I hang around on has
> echolink open to all for sure. I seldom use it though, I use the repeater
> every night when I'm on vacation and any time I'm mobile but I never use
the
> echolink feature. I had a simplex link up here for all to use but I lost
> interest in even that and now can't afford to put it back up even if I
> wanted to, I'd need another sound card for this computer and a radio and
my
> next radio will replace my packet radio which has a failing audio chip in
it
> then comes my mobile replacement unless I use the 706 in a temporary
> installation for that which I probably will.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wa0tda" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: ECHOLINK!!!
>
>
> > Locking down a repeater system has always seemed like the exact opposite
> > of
> > what ham radio should be.  Give our Handiham noon net a try on the w1afv
> > node, 39980, noon USA Central time, 18:00 GMT, Monday through Saturday.
> > It
> > connects to an open repeater here in the Twin Cities.  There is also a
> > Monday night net:
> >
> > 147.39 FM and EchoLink, 19:00 United States Central Time Mondays: Use
your
> > EchoLink search function and look for W1AFV. Connect from any
> > Internet-enabled computer in the world, and come out on Twin Cities
> > repeater
> > K0JE on 147.39. The node is open to multiple connections. Everyone
> > welcome!
> >
> > 73,
> > Pat
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>