Hello; I too have some questions concerning a remote base. Has anyone tried the receive only option for the handihams remote base? You should be able to connect to it and listen via echo link. I've tried connecting but this lovely pc just sits here until it times out. I don't seem to have issues connecting to anything else. Secondly, there are apparently boxes in the echo link screen that allow you to enter txt such as frequency mode etc. Haven't found these boxes to say nothing about whether you need forms mode or not. If anyone else has had any luck I'd be curious. I figure I will wait until after the holidays to bug the poor folks at handihams. Richard