We won't allow RACES repeaters in our region to have lowlife link since 
they're supposed to be localized nets, even the drills,it's way too much 
hassle since no one I've ever encountered on there when they accidently left 
it up had enough sense to listen before talking and really disrupts the 
nets. Even the big hurricane drill this coming week, one community can't 
hear the repeater and asked if they can use it for receive but the repeater 
can't be configured that way fast and since I'm NCS for that net, I told 
them no way will I deal with the aggravation. In a real emergency it would 
be no good anyway between stuff like that no emergency NCS would want to 
deal with it I would think, and the internet would be one of the first 
things to go anyway. It's as useless in an emergency as the people who 
create and run it are to ham radio in general.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:01 AM
Subject: Re: The value of VOIP communication: was RE: back on the list again


> seriously? an emergency?
> You connected, what was it, two "repeaters" with "echolink" in an
> "emergency" situation.
> I think echolink has it's place in emergency or event type situations, 
> only
> so that other hams can listen in to the goings on, and that's all.
> Echolink is so poor with regard to audio and latency and R2D2 and max
> headroom and all the rest of it, that using it in an emergency is just 
> plain
> illogical and probably unwise to say the least.
> In a true emergency, hard wired non-dependant repeaters with battery back 
> up
> are used, if a repeater is used at all, not echolink.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:40 PM
> Subject: The value of VOIP communication: was RE: back on the list again
>
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have my TM-V71A hooked up to EchoLink, and it's used to link repeaters
>> in
>> an emergency situation.  Occasionally people will connect to it to
>> communicate.
>>
>> I personally think EchoLink is nice for what it is, which is to let hams
>> communicate with each other in ideal situations.  However, I agree with
>> the
>> those who say it's not the real thing.  I really hope the ARRL doesn't
>> take
>> away the DXCC awards for the HF bands.  By the way I think you can get
>> this
>> award using satellites.
>>
>> Just my thoughts.
>>
>> GO REDS!
>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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