Re: Announce: new EchoLink Howto
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On Saturday 20 September 2003 06:01 am, Michael Renner wrote:
> So, is it correct to limit activitations only (!) to radio communication?
> If we do this the hobby is convicted to death! There are no youngsters any
> more intereseted in RF. They have a PC. 20 years ago they where radio
> amateurs, but today, they write applications, e.g. for KDE oder gnome.
> I think the world develops, and we (the radio amateur) should follow such
> processes. To make it clear: I agree with you that 'ham radio' must still
> regard somthing with RF, but in my mind it is enough that a software is for
> radio amateurs or only usable for them (maybe like a logbook application).
> And you can, of cause, connect your two way radio to your EchoLink computer
> (but I havn't tried this yet, there is no need for me to do this).
>
> I hope I was able to point out why I belief that EchoLink is ham radio
> software. My motivation to write the HowTO is a other thing: To use bought
> amateur radio equipment (such people are called 'Steckdosenamateuere' in
> Germany) or 'out of the box' windows applications is quite the same. To be
> interested in building your own TRX and using/developing a free operating-
> or desktopsystem is even the same. So I try to pave the way for some
> people!
I really like the idea of voice over IP. We have some good software for that.
I also like the idea of Echolink. I would like to be able to access a
repeater from my *nix box. What I *really don't like* is having to deal with
M$ code on my *nix box. This box is too pure for that kind of business. :(
I think that the net might soon be readily accessible on any land or water
surface on this planet. Amateur spectrum Propagation often fails in many
places where commercially accessible spectrum doesn't, so the idea of being
able to access a remote repeater or simplex link via the net appeals to my
since of ham-ness.
Perhaps the hackers of Echolink will begin a valid port of their code to *nix
so we can experience this application natively?
> DD0UL, licensed since 1986
>
> |Germany Don't drink as root! ESC:wq
^^^^^^^^
This is too good of an idea to work! heeheeehee :)
73
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