Yeah, they weare talking about plows with the plows up instead of down... LOL.. hey that was a great QSO. We had a really nice bunch of people out there. Corey, Carl, Dave and the rush hour crew driving home on Long Island. Next we've got to get COR from the Netherlands in there...and a few other Islander. Gotta do that again sometime soon. And of course on HF too. Meanwhile I gotta learn more about IRLP and echolink.Originally Posted by WØTKX
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Likewise. that was really great. the repeater I was on is run by the LIMARC club. They are based out in Long island but it has awesome coverage into my area. They seem like a very nice group. It's one of the most active machines in this area. I probably could have stayed on and worked it portable.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
That was my first time with Echolink, it was fun. I connected to your node using an iPhone app because I didn't think there was a local node, at least not one I could hit. Afterwards, though, I found that there is a local 2 meter node that I can hit with the mobile rig I have out in the shack, but not with an HT. I haven't experimented with making it work yet (other than checking to see if it would accept my DTMF commands, which it did) but I will try it next time we schedule an Island VHF meet-up.
ON EDIT: Does this count towards our WAI (Worked All Islanders)?
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Dat waz fun youse guys! :rofl:
IRLP links repeaters to repeaters via the Internet. I've had some great QSOs to Europe and Australia. You use your radio to hook up, via DTMF tones.
http://www.irlp.net/
Echolink links computers (and smartphones) to repeaters and/or simplex radios. It also works from computer to computer.
http://www.echolink.org/
Many repeaters have both available, which is the case with the W2VL repeater we were yakking on. While I really enjoy having Islander QSO's on HF, this is a great way to yak it up if HF will not work for some reason. I think we did pretty good, but DAYUM that thing times out fast for ragchewers.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
yeah... dats dat youze guys....the timeout takes some getting used to... Otherwise it reminded me of some of the old buzzard ragcchews I used to have on 75, 40 . and 160...Dat waz fun youse guys! :rofl:
IRLP links repeaters to repeaters via the Internet. I've had some great QSOs to Europe and Australia. You use your radio to hook up, via DTMF tones.
http://www.irlp.net/
Echolink links computers (and smartphones) to repeaters and/or simplex radios. It also works from computer to computer.
http://www.echolink.org/
Many repeaters have both available, which is the case with the W2VL repeater we were yakking on. While I really enjoy having Islander QSO's on HF, this is a great way to yak it up if HF will not work for some reason. I think we did pretty good, but DAYUM that thing times out fast for ragchewers.
I think the idea of linking to repeaters via the Internet is great. yeah, its true, its using man made systems rather than the ionosphere but, man made systems is a large part of what ham radio is about. And, the ionosphere is still there for when conditions are right and we want to do it under our own power.
As I was signing off one station made a good remark. he said that activity on VHF has tailed off over the past decade or so and whatever it takes to make it work again is good. I wholeheartedly agree. Use it or loose it. if it brings increased activity and interest to the bands then its a good thing (for the most part).
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
I heard that, and I agree with him completely. I kept my radio tuned to the repeater that hosts the local node (once I found it) and it was silent almost the entire time, except for the usual commute hour chatter. Might as well use it for Echolink.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Yeah, sorry guys I kept falling off there. My mobile phone doesn't like me connecting while moving too much. I have to figure out how to connect a local node to a remote node here...
No biggie, Corey. It was nice hearing a voice to go along with the words. But how come youse ain't got no Noo Yawk accent?
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
I'm on the other side of the state. No accents here :)
Corey is in Western New York. Very different than here. I had a girl friend from Bufffalo who had a thick western accent. Her name was Penelope. I don't know if it is unique among some western New yorkers but for example she used to say my name as "Jaihn" insteaad of John. And she used to roll her "rrr's" very harrd, almost like like Sarah Palin. For example she'd say, "Jaihn, it's in the raick in the baick of the shaick" for "John, it's in the rack in the back of the shack".
My accent is strictly southeastern NY... a mix of Bronx, Brooklyn, and Yonkers. MY Dad insists we don't have any accent but I tell him, anytime I talk on the ham radio as soon as people hear the wway I speak they have a pretty good idea of where I am from. :) Indeed, we do have a regional accent here.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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