Dee D. Flint wrote:
"Jim Hampton" wrote in message
...

Hmm ... this makes twice now for me. Once VE7DGL had to get hold of me

and

used Echo Link - and my HT fired up and I got the needed "heads up".

Today,

I needed to get hold of Hatton, NI5Y, and he wasn't on the internet.

Well,

I linked to his machine and he answered via his HT. It does work. There
were radios on one end in both instances.

Or is DXCC the only thing that counts? I have little use for those folks.
I'm sure some are decent, but the one time I wanted to run a phone patch
from the US Naval Hospital on Guam and the DX boys thought phone patches
shouldn't be allowed on their day ... well ... as I said, I've little use
for 'em.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA



While I personally am not really interested in Echolink, I think it is an
interesting hybrid. I'm glad that someone worked out the methodology
whether or not I ever make any use of it.


The methodology is really pretty simple, an internet version of a phone
patch.

The ho-hum aspect as I see it is that allowing an HT to patch into the
internet is analogous to simply using a telephone. Others may differ,
thinking this is some high tech thing to add to the ham arsenal.

In fact, it seems to me that an application would be to allow cell
phone users to call a number, patch into the net, and then speak to
hams. And since people can bootleg a number so easily, I wouldn't be
surprised if this isn't already happening.

- Mike KB3EIA -