Indeed. I use it almost every day along with my Wouxun HT witch is my only
rig at this time... I do agree that skype and other VOIP clients have there
place, But they can't connect you with repeaters miles and miles away. In
fact, due to the WSO's I have made with echo link, it's making me want to
upgrade to general. 
So it all depends on how you view it now doesn't it? Food for thought....

 
73.
 
Darren Duff.

amateur radio station KK4AHX.

Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.

http://www.cherokeehams.com


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Anthony Vece
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: back on the list again

John, some day you may be in a position that will only allow you to use
Echo= Link.

Life takes strange twists and turns.


Anthony


Sent from my Verizon iPhone

On Aug 3, 2011, at 9:39 AM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Intolerant of those who sit there claiming they're working the world 
> on ha=
m=20
> radio when it's actually on the computer with no work at all 
> involved,and=20=

> will never upgrade or never have to worry about band conditions, which 
> is=20=

> part of ham radio, yes, we should be intolerant of laziness and 
> ignorance.=
 I=20
> wouldn't have quite as big a problem if they were like irlp and you 
> had to=
=20
> use a radio of some sort to get in the system. I'd still not like it 
> but=20=

> wouldn't be as against it. a little security wouldn't hurt either, 
> it's so=
=20
> easy to get in now it's not even funny if someone wants to try it.  If 
> you=
=20
> want to talk all over the world on the computer, get on skype or any 
> of th=
e=20
> numerous online license free chat programs and don't call yourself a 
> ham.=20=

> I'm sick and tired of the people who say they'll never upgrade or put 
> up a=
=20
> station because of lowlifelink, that's why I woke up, saw how bad a 
> thing i=
t=20
> really is, pulled all my system down for that, uninstalled it and told 
> the=
m=20
> to take my call sign out of the system permanently and ban it so no 
> one ca=
n=20
> try to register as me which is very easy to do.  and also I've been 
> fighti=
ng=20
> to have it discounted as a supposed ham radio mode ever since. I 
> should tr=
y=20
> the new ham radio enforcement at the fcc, the last one was all for it 
> but=20=

> afraid they'd lose people, of course that's the kind we want to lose 
> I=20 pointed out but he announced his retirement a couple days later 
> and never=20=

> did anything about it.
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:23 AM
> Subject: Re: back on the list again
>=20
>=20
>> Hi bill, this is Howard.  nice to hear you again.
>> Their are some intolerant people here who don't respect other 
>> people's choice of using echolink.
>> Ignore bigots of thought where ever you find them.
>> Echo link works fine.  for communication with radio amateurs.
>> It's available from
>> http://www.echolink.org
>> When you set it up, you have to set all of the station views to 
>> explorer view.
>> This is done by unchecking index view for everything under tools 
>> preferences.
>> The audio doesn't compare with skype.  Their used to be and maybe 
>> still i=
s=20
>> a
>> noon handyhams net that meets on one of the repeaters from 
>> Minneapolis, a=
s
>> well as on echolink.
>> It's kind of cool to talk to mobiles driving around Jerusalem.  Now 
>> try=20=

>> that
>> on HF!
>> Have fun and a number of people on here have echolink nodes.=20
 

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