yep at a cost to the consumer can you afford to pick up your cell phone an
call your friend in god knows where and talk all day ...i don't know any
cell co. that offer unlimited time on your phone.

"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up your
dtmf
mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.




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if i lose power i have a battery backup for my computer ....As for the hf
and cw. well good luck qrp'ing with no power to run your amp.
"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:PF6ab.140040$kP.6227@fed1read03...
And when the power and internet is down (the big Bang) scratch
cellphoneys
and echo de Link
Back to HF and CW (you can operate off of battery power can't you ???)
But cellphoneys and echo de Link have their place.

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"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham
radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up your
dtmf
mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.




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well you should listen to amateur radio news line bpl was denied by the fcc
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In article ,
(Eberle123) wrote:

I don't get. Do you people know what your talking about. Echolink is
mostly
linked to repeaters all over the world. Sure there are a few guys that
link
direct. But for the most part you could sit in front of your computer
and
talk
to a fellow ham thats mobile through a repeater thats linked to
echolink.
You
could also hit a few dtmf tones and link 2 repeaters together through
echolink
and talk to a fellow ham anywhere in the world. I think it's a great
idea
and
it's here to stay.

Warren
Kb2dem

Yep and i bet the FCC thinks it's great too. That's why BPL will happen
and the ham radio as we know it, or knew it will be gone forever, not
only from the BPL noise but from.... well just plain lack of interest.

Enjoy echolink!!! Someday we'll ponder the good old days of ham radio
and wish we had it back.

Dale, K9VUJ
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With a yagi at 60 feet and my 100 Watt radio powered by a bank of deep cycle
marine batteries or a gas powered generator -- you will hear me.

That by the way is what Field Day is all about.

As for your computer battery backup -- you will probably get out of the
house into dead web.


"Ric" wrote in message
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if i lose power i have a battery backup for my computer ....As for the hf
and cw. well good luck qrp'ing with no power to run your amp.
"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:PF6ab.140040$kP.6227@fed1read03...
And when the power and internet is down (the big Bang) scratch
cellphoneys
and echo de Link
Back to HF and CW (you can operate off of battery power can't you ???)
But cellphoneys and echo de Link have their place.

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Caveat Lector Ya All

Well right now Hurricane Isabel has caused thousands to be without power in
the region.
Wonder how many are "getting out" with cellphones and on the internet ????

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"Ric" wrote in message
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if i lose power i have a battery backup for my computer ....As for the hf
and cw. well good luck qrp'ing with no power to run your amp.
"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:PF6ab.140040$kP.6227@fed1read03...
And when the power and internet is down (the big Bang) scratch
cellphoneys
and echo de Link
Back to HF and CW (you can operate off of battery power can't you ???)
But cellphoneys and echo de Link have their place.

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Caveat Lector Ya All
"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham
radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up
your
dtmf
mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.




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"Amateur Radio is the only fail safe communication system in the world."
Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD
URL:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/01/17/3/


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"Ric" wrote in message
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if i lose power i have a battery backup for my computer ....As for the hf
and cw. well good luck qrp'ing with no power to run your amp.
"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:PF6ab.140040$kP.6227@fed1read03...
And when the power and internet is down (the big Bang) scratch
cellphoneys
and echo de Link
Back to HF and CW (you can operate off of battery power can't you ???)
But cellphoneys and echo de Link have their place.

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Caveat Lector Ya All
"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham
radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up
your
dtmf
mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.

Exactly what does echolink and the internet have to do with ham radio ?

Yes, most of the users of echolink may be hams, but they are using the
internet to communicate, not ham radio. I am sure that is fun to some
folks, but it is far removed from ham radio !!

As I type this message, I am using the internet. Many hams will see this
message. But I AIN'T Hamming !!!!!!!!


Just my opinion............. no flames please !!


73 de Jim K4PYT

Ric wrote:
yep at a cost to the consumer can you afford to pick up your cell phone an
call your friend in god knows where and talk all day ...i don't know any
cell co. that offer unlimited time on your phone.

again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up your
dtmf mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.


Top posting makes no sense. Especially in groups that use bottom posting
as a rule.

As far as the cost of "calling your friend" is concerned, let me repeat
what I already said: feel free to switch to chat rooms which are free of
charge, and even use Echolink if you want. Just don't pretend that you
are operating an amateur radio station because you're not.

The fact that the digital packets originating from a PC are being
transmitted over the limited links that use amateur radio frequencies,
does not automatically make one a ham radio operator. This whole thing
smacks of a virtual ham radio run on a simulator.

Exclusive Echolink users should just abandon any ham radio pretense and
form their own Internet "Radio" organizations with their own callsigns,
contests, awards etc. Who knows, if the BPL goes through, maybe the rest
of us will join sooner than we think.


73 ..... WA7AA




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In article ,
"Ric" wrote:

well you should listen to amateur radio news line bpl was denied by the fcc


I checked and saw nothing from the FCC. I did see the Amsat joined the
ARRL in condeming the damn stuff, but nothing from FCC. Could you be
more specific, perhaps I looked at the wrong newsline issue. Anyway I
hope it's true, we sure don't need that crap.

73
Dale, K9VUJ
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"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
...
Ric wrote:
yep at a cost to the consumer can you afford to pick up your cell phone
an
call your friend in god knows where and talk all day ...i don't know
any
cell co. that offer unlimited time on your phone.

again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up your
dtmf mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you
are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.


Top posting makes no sense. Especially in groups that use bottom posting
as a rule.

As far as the cost of "calling your friend" is concerned, let me repeat
what I already said: feel free to switch to chat rooms which are free of
charge, and even use Echolink if you want. Just don't pretend that you
are operating an amateur radio station because you're not.

The fact that the digital packets originating from a PC are being
transmitted over the limited links that use amateur radio frequencies,
does not automatically make one a ham radio operator. This whole thing
smacks of a virtual ham radio run on a simulator.

Exclusive Echolink users should just abandon any ham radio pretense and
form their own Internet "Radio" organizations with their own callsigns,
contests, awards etc. Who knows, if the BPL goes through, maybe the rest
of us will join sooner than we think.


73 ..... WA7AA




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