I just wondered because I don't see how getting on Echo Link would get him 
back on HF.
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!


> I've never heard one thankfully. It would be a great way to get techs
> operating outside their privileges, get them and the person hosting the
> lowlifelink hf station in trouble. I'd take pride turning that person in.
> Hopefully there are none though.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>
>
>> Are there HF stations remoted through Echo Link?
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ron,
>>> I just thank you for your help, for sure!
>>> I've got AT&T for my dsl service.
>>> Appreciate your encouragement.
>>> If I could just get echo link to work and be validated as well, I could 
>>> =
>>> be back on hf, and everything would be ok then.
>>> The weird thing is, I have service pack 3, and they said that port =
>>> forwarding doesn't need to be done, is that true?
>>> Now I did go into my windows firewall in xp, and checked the exceptions,
>>> =
>>> and echo link is an exception, and it's checked, so, there should be no 
>>> =
>>> problem, but it keeps failing the firewall test.
>>> OH well, I look forward to talking with Bob, tomorrow, maybe he can shed
>>> =
>>> some light on the echo link situation.
>>> Trippy, ac8s
>>>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>>>  From: Ron Canazzi=20
>>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>>  Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:08 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi Harry,
>>>
>>>  If you want to use Echo Link, you must port forward UDP ports 5198 and 
>>> =
>>> 5199.=20
>>>  This should be done in any and all firewall and virus software.  As=20
>>>  mentioned before, your modem might have a built in router that needs =
>>> to be=20
>>>  configured.  Since I do not know the provider you are using, I can't =
>>> say any=20
>>>  more.  If you do not have sighted help available for the modem/router, 
>>> =
>>> then=20
>>>  contact your service provider and ask them to port forward UDP ports =
>>> 5198=20
>>>  and 5199.This should get you on Echo Link eventually.
>>>
>>>  Good luck.
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>>>  From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>  To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>  Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:40 AM
>>>  Subject: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>  Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link and hf remote =3D
>>>  bases.
>>>  Were not!
>>>  First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =
>>> =3D
>>>  license to the folks at echo link.
>>>  It said my license is unreadable, so, no validation!
>>>  Then, a firewall test failure!
>>>  Here's what the test said.
>>>  "Windows XP Service Pack 3
>>>  Local IP address: 192.168.1.78
>>>  Firewall Test Results: FAIL
>>>  The test successfully connected to the EchoLink server on TCP port =
>>> 5200. =3D
>>>   This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use =
>>> with =3D
>>>  EchoLink.
>>>  The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests.  If =
>>> you =3D
>>>  have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding =
>>> feature =3D
>>>  is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
>>>  Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
>>> =3D
>>>  I'll try to find the help, but who knows!
>>>  Now, back to the results.
>>>  "If you have Internet security software installed, be sure it is =3D
>>>  configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
>>>  There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet.  =
>>> A =3D
>>>  router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
>>>  Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =
>>> =3D
>>>  modem, what are they drinking?
>>>  For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  Solutions page on the EchoLink Web site.
>>>  What a disaster this is.
>>>  Ya know folks, all is nightmare could be prevented if they just let =
>>> =3D
>>>  contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, =
>>> what =3D
>>>  a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  not join, because people like me, who are in the minority.  The ARRL, =
>>> =3D
>>>  and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =3D
>>>  situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer =
>>> live =3D
>>>  where they have a yard to put up antennas?
>>>  This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the =
>>> attitudes. =3D
>>>  If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =3D
>>>  wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, =
>>> just =3D
>>>  think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
>>>  Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =
>>> =3D
>>>  with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great, 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =
>>> =3D
>>>  that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham =
>>> rules =3D
>>>  aren't being enforced.
>>>  It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I =
>>> can't =3D
>>>  have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
>>>  There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from =
>>> ya. =3D
>>>  I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =
>>> =3D
>>>  many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =3D
>>>  antennas where I live.
>>>  " Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =3D
>>>  stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
>>> =3D
>>>  care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
>>> =3D
>>>  have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, =
>>> issues =3D
>>>  with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the =
>>> frequencies. =3D
>>>  Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =
>>> =3D
>>>  everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, =
>>> either =3D
>>>  because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =
>>> =3D
>>>  antenna stuff, and your body and/or mind, won't let you any more.
>>>  I feel for sister Alverna, wa0sgj, in Rochester, Mn, who can't get on =
>>> =3D
>>>  the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her =
>>> on =3D
>>>  the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I =
>>> can't, =3D
>>>  but I feel for her, she's just another casualty.
>>>  I'd love you to send my email to ARRL, you have, for sure, my =3D
>>>  permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what =
>>> they =3D
>>>  either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
>>> =3D
>>>  they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will =
>>> all =3D
>>>  get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space 
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>>  limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
>>>  Trippy, ac8s