Hi List,

Well, HF is fine if you are living on an estate somewhere and if you can 
have room for the antennas.  I would dearly like to have an estate some day 
and be able to run high power and huge antennas.  But while I certainly 
haven't abandon HF and will use it when the cycle is high again, I feel Echo 
Link is a viable alternative for poor people like me who are self-employed, 
have no pensions, no health care and only a small lot on which to place 
antennas.

...And as far as power, I get complaints from the members of my bedroom 
community when I run 5 watts on 2 meters--saying I get into the kids guitar 
amps and portable Ipods!  This despite the fact that I routinely have my 
station checked out by engineer types to see if everything is A OK and it 
is!  At least with Echo Link, I don't get any such complaints!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: echolink


I agree on that one - Echo link provides artificial dx.

73

KALLIE ZS6KCS



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David W Wood
Sent: 18-01-2006 08:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: echolink


Bob and ALL

why not just turn on your rig and shout?!

The unpredictability of HF propagation is less challenging than the
problems of computers!

David


In message , Bob Humbert <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Scotty does a great job of explaining Echolink but Echolink just isn't
>as
>friendly as it could or should be.  I have offered to pay anyone to set
up
>Echolink on my computer and to do a little hand holding with me as I
try to
>learn it to no avail.  It's not really ham radio but until the sun
settles
>down and everyone turns on their HF rigs again it seems to be the only
game
>in town.  Those of you who are good at it; is it as unfriendly as it
appears
>to be or are some of us just too dense to "get it".  Has Freedom
Scientific
>written any special Jaws scripts for it and do they help?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:56 AM
>Subject: Re: echolink
>
>
>> If a station disconnects you go in to your jaw curser and near the
>> bottom
>> it
>> will list the last station that connected to you. I believe if
there's an
>> add on you can put on to echolink that keeps an electronic log so you
can
>> keep track of all your missed calls. It might even be a part of the
>> program
>> already for what I know. If so, it sure isn't speechfriendly.Also,
it's
>> been
>> brought to my atention by a list member that there are scripts you
can add
>> on to echolink available for a fee. I don't have the scripts but
maybe one
>> of these days I'll look in to it and see if it makes an improvement
>> working
>> with speech. At the moment it's kind of tricky but if you get use to
some
>> of
>> the keyboard short cuts, you can get around it fairly good. Of
course,
>> it's
>> still not a hundred percent however, considering the use I get from
>> echolink, it's working out pretty good.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>
>>
>> if they're connected to you just hit the spacebar or what ever your
>> PTT button is, you don't need to do anything else, if they
>> disconnect, you just have to find them on the list. I don't think
>> there's a way after they disconnect to figure out who called since I
>> don't use it hardly ever but there might be. I much rather actually
>> get on the air myself.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>
>>
>> No, guys, if a station out of the blue calls me, with my cursor not
>> being
>> on
>> the station calling, how do I call them back, understanding that I
have no
>> idea where they are on the list?
>>
>> Fred Olver  n9bso
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>
>>
>>> I'm not understanding your question actually either. If you're
>>> asking about how to respond to a station connecting to your node,
>>> asuming you hear them
>>> connect, just press your space bar or which ever button you've
costumized
>>> for transmitting. If you're asking about how you can tell who they
are,
>>> as
>>> they're connected to you press alt three. You'll hear the person
call and
>>> first name.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:22 AM
>>> Subject: Re: echolink
>>>
>>>
>>> It depends what you mean by get back to them.  Are you talking about

>>> how to transmit, or how to find the station to connect to them again

>>> latter?
>>>                    Mark WZ0K
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>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:01 PM
>>> Subject: echolink
>>>
>>>
>>>> Okay, Guys,
>>>>
>>>> So my puter is lying to me, anyway, that's what I think, been
>>>> getting audio reports today and appears I'm being heard, so now, a
>>>> station calls me, they're not on my screne, how do I get back to
>>>> them?
>>>>
>>>> Fred OLver  n9bso
>>>>
>>
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-- 
David W Wood