Fellow road enthusiasts... especially those of you who are hams...
Over this past weekend, I have installed and configured a "freeware" application called EchoLink, which allows ham radio operators to communicate with others worldwide via their PCs.
So how does this differ from standard Internet "instant messenger" systems? Here's how...
Using Voice Over IP (VoIP), EchoLink links your PC via the EchoLink server to actual radio transceiver sites and allows hams to communicate to hams who are operating either via EchoLink or via ham radio transceivers. Here is an illustration taken from the EchoLink website...
Over this past weekend, I have installed and configured a "freeware" application called EchoLink, which allows ham radio operators to communicate with others worldwide via their PCs.
So how does this differ from standard Internet "instant messenger" systems? Here's how...
Using Voice Over IP (VoIP), EchoLink links your PC via the EchoLink server to actual radio transceiver sites and allows hams to communicate to hams who are operating either via EchoLink or via ham radio transceivers. Here is an illustration taken from the EchoLink website...
Before one can use EchoLink, however, you are required by the EchoLink to submit your licensing information to prove that you are the actual ham radio licensee. It took me about a week to do so via "snail mail".
So far, via EchoLink, I have communicated with hams in the U.S. and Canada, plus Australia, Iraq, Israel, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Again, this is open only to licensed hams since it is an Internet link to ham radio transceivers.
To learn more about EchoLink, visit www.echolink.org, and if you do get it installed and running, then please let me (KC4AZO) know. I'd enjoy some QSOs (conversations) with "roadgeek hams". :)
That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please do so often.
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