Unfortunately people can "chat" with each other on echolink with no RF which
is the main thing I don't like about it, it wouldn't be so bad if people
didn't actually brag about talking across the world that way. Anyway, they
say conference or private conference because that's what they are, the
conferences a lot of people can connect to, the private ones are private,
you'd need the owner's permission, the ones that say the frequency as mine
did, some people say that when they have a link or repeater hooked up. I
used that listen only thing when I had my link up a couple times but I don't
know if a user can use that, it's possible. 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of matt V
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:28 PM
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Subject: echolink audio

hello all,
i think i have my audio set right, the microphone is what i was = concerned
most with and its not perfect, but on the test server it = sounds ok, not
perfect, and before i get it to a perfect level, i just = wish to listen
first, i see it in the tools menu, but it is disabled, = how can i switch to
listen only or do i have to connect first?
also, if two users don't have a node, can they talk directly with = echolink
or would we have to connect through a repeater, i see some = stations say
conference, some say private conference, and some don't say = either just
like some say their frequency, and some don't, why is that?