"Kate" wrote in message
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"Martin, VK2UMJ" wrote in message
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"ZZZZPK " .es.it.net
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"knickebeinjammer" wrote:

: what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting
detail


yes.... :-)


i'm trying to find it too...
but all i can find in my shack are radios and coax leading to aerials !!


Isn't that convienient! That just happens to be exactly what you need to
use IRLP!!!

Of course, you also need a kind Amateur who has a computer and a broadband
internet connection, and who has donated his/her own time, equipment and
knowledge to provide a service for the rest of us.

Well, yeah, but from the users point of view all you need is a radio (on the
appropriate band) and power supply, antenna and co-ax, and something that
generates DTMF tones. The user doesn't need a computer or internet
connection, or even a phone line for that matter!!


I have four computers in my shack/living room, one of which is connected
to the HF radio and is currently providing an SSTV repeater on 7033KHz.

Ahh - wasn't the removal of the HF restriction of us limited's the best
thing to happen to us of late!!! Of course, the Walts of th world still
think we shouldn't even be on any band, we didn't have to do CW....


Kate vk4xyl

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Martin, VK2UMJ

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