Hi Iven, and ocngrads on your exam passing.  In terms of the IRLP, if all
the people are doing is keying in the four digit nodes, then you just
hafve to of course give your call and then key up the node you want or
reflector, but that could vary as some repeaters restrict that access to
certain people like mmembers, but like I said if they are just keying up
the nodes then I wouldn't worry about it, but just get the PL tones.  I'm
wondering the same thing with the antenna change I posted about earlier is
there a way of telling SWR readings on the THF6A and if they are too high?





On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Ivan Fetch wrote:

> Hi all,
>    Here is an (unrelated) two part question:
>
> 1.    I'm curious what others use to take SWR readings without any sighted
> assistance; is there a prefered talking meter out there, or even something
> that connect to a PC via serial cable?  I"d like something that doesn't
> need to have a radio inline (just in case) but I'll take what I can get.
>
> 2.    I passed my technician exam on the 19th of December and got my call
> (kc0osk) by the 22nd!  I'd like to start using IRLP (we have a reflector
> in Denver, CO and a connected repeater) - from what I understand, anyone
> is welcomed to talk on the repeater, but only certain folks seem to have
> the various DTMF codes to connect and disconnect with other nodes.  Maybe
> this varies from repeater to repeater, but what are typical practices RE:
> properly obtaining and using the DTMF codes (i.e. donations, sign up as an
> IRLP member)?  I looked around on the IRLP site and the codes are
> mentioned a lot, but not lots of info exists about how you go about
> getting them.
>
> Thanks,
> Ivan.
>