Well John,

When the houses are close enough together to practically shake hands, then 
you never know what could happen.  My antenna is most decidedly on the top 
of the roof.  I was thinking if I could pick up a 60 foot tower that maybe 
at least on 2 meters, I would get the antenna up higher than the distance 
between the houses--thus reducing or eliminating the interference, but they 
run about 1500 dollars and up

...unless someone knows of a good used one that I can grab some where <g>.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: echolink


I think if echolink was my only resort because of something like that I'd
find something else to do but I always find a way to get on the air. Not
sure what you have setup on 2 meters but you shouldn't bother anything like
that unless the antenna is inside.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: echolink


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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>>>
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>>>
>>> http://funhamradio.bloki.com
>>> ----- 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