Hi all, I believe that echo link is a great way to marry amateur radio and the internet. I enjoy accessing my echo link node via UHF simplex but I can appreciate the ability to connect with just a PC, unlike IRLP. For example, last year, I was able to park my echo link node on the local club repeater, while I was in Michigan, allowing me to check into the net that I usually run, with my laptop! Though I love all of the older forms of communication such as A M phone, I think we need to use the new technology that is available or soon, there won't be an amateur radio service left to use! 73 and 88 to the YL's: John John Jacques Amateur Radio Station: KG7FA "Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!"