don't know that it should be included in a chat room though. Yes think 
echolink does a good service.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Taking the radio out of ham radio


> lol exactly.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Taking the radio out of ham radio
>
>
>>I agree.  They should have a big sign that comes up or something and
>> says "lets play radio!"  Gee, lets make telephones look like tranceivers
>> and we can pretend we're on the radio while on the phone.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Nov
>> 2006, John Miller wrote:
>>
>>> but this idiot that invented this doesn't have any RF involved at all so
>>> it's not radio in the least and anyone who thinks it is needs to look at
>>> what radio is. Personally, I think anyone who would sign up or anything
>>> with
>>> them should lose their license but that's JMO.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Christopher Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:38 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Taking the radio out of ham radio
>>>
>>>
>>>> Buddy,
>>>> Since you signed up for the 90 day free trial, give us a report on how
>>>> it work and whether the transceiver software is accessible.  They said
>>>> there were some shortcut keys to help the visually impaired.
>>>>
>>>> The one nice thing about this product is you don't need to mess around
>>>> with your router ports as you do with echolink.  you can also make 
>>>> qso's
>>>> with cw.
>>>>
>>>> I think the purists might argue that anything that use voip is NOT ham
>>>> radio.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Chris w1gm
>>>>
>>>
>>