Of course Walt's using a computer and the internet, but to contribute to a
NG.

And to which he keeps signing his Amateur Radio Callsign.

He is not using VoIP instead of a radio, and then calling it amateur
radio.
Granted IRLP requires a radio at each end, but the other VoIP modes do
not,
and that is what is the issue with many of us.

Dave S.

Certainly, the Echolink system has it's weeknesses, but it isn't under
discussion here, IRLP is. And that's part of the issue, the confusion, or
lack of understanding of the vital security differences between the two
systems.

Brad.