"Chris Kirby" wrote in message
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Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:


If you wish to argue against systems that allow access from the internet
rather than from & to radio, then please go pick on EchoLink..

Hee Hee, do I smell a deflection tactic here?

Before you go and pick on Echolink, and if you don't want to appear a
total prat, be sure to comprehend that everyone using Echolink has
been validated by a team of people, and in many cases, have been asked
to send a scan of their licences before getting access to the system.

Yes, and I am one of those that have been validated for EchoLink. But that
is irrelevant to the debate about IRLP....

The argument is that IRLP uses radio linked by internet protocol, and as
such is still amateur radio. IMHO Echolink, if used PC to PC, is definately
not amateur radio. Perhaps if used PC to Radio, or Radio to PC, then it is
still amateur radio, but EchoLink PC to PC is nothing different than Yahoo
or MSN Messenger...

IRLP is not the same... That is the debate..