Richard the remote base way of doing echolink does not have the problem you
talk about.  The receiver of the repeater does not have a signal on it so
any dtmf tone would be heard by the repeater.  I ran my echolink for a while
like that .  If your repeater as a control receiver on it that also would be
able to turn off the remote base.

Bob  KA5ETA
Echo-link node 28599
442.150R

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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: blind hams irlp


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> Bob wrote:
>    >Dan there are two or three ways that you could get the repeater on
>    >either systems.  The first way witch I don't really like but a lot
>    >of people are doing this way is to interface a radio at your house
>    >with the computer and have the radio on the repeater frequency.
>    >The reason I don't like this is that the repeater id and carrier
>    >tail and everything else goes on to echolink.
>    >The other way is to put a remote base on your repeater.  Set it on
>    >a simplex frequency and then have a radio at your house on the same
>    >simplex frequency as the remote base.  Of cores have that radio
>    >interfaced with the computer. The best way as you know would be
>    >having the computer at the repeater site, but as you said that is
>    >hard to do.
>
> ONe problem with a lot of these schemes is that when the echolink node
> is tyed up  by two lids chatting on another repeater and not using
> yours.  THe repeater controller can't hear your tones to shut it off
> because chances are good that you've set up your echolink radio to
> pretty well capture the repeater's receive on the input.
>
> I'm still thinking about doing something with the Kenwood BLue Light
> speical once I can buy one.  NOw my thoughts are to put it in
> crossband remote base mode and put it at my xyl's office which is in a
> three story building.  THe elevator shaft goes up about another story
> above the thid and would be perfect for mounting a decent antenna.
>
> WIsh there was an irlp node here in NEw orleans as a couple of friends
> are on irlp and not on echolink.  Closest one to here is Baton Rouge.
>
>
> 73 de nf5b
>
>
>
> Richard Webb
>
> Electric Spider Productions
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>
> --- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
> Historical review of Pennsylvania
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