Agree 100%.....Not on Echolink, but I do a lot of driving and use the simplex frequencies between vehicles. I've had a quite a few Echolink users/owners get upset because we were on "their" frequency as we passed through the area.
I wish the ARRL/Repeater Coordinators, whoever, would get their act together and come up with a workable band plan that reflected technology from this millennium. . If they are going to take on simplex frequencies for internet linking, then pick a slice of spectrum and make it happen.
Had one locally that seemed to get it's frequency changed every few days. Not sure if they were trying to avoid interference, or doing their best to piss off the widest number of people in the area.
Interesting. It would be very helpful if hams could see where activity was taking place, or perhaps even monitor the Echolink QSOs online!For EchoLink you can look for -L and -R (link and repeater) nodes at EchoLink Link Status.
This only works if the sysop set the location and configured other information properly. It doesn't show all nodes.
Only a few EchoLink nodes have online feeds. This something the owners do and not a part of EchoLink. As far as I know there is no web site that lists all of them.
You can also at the top of the page type in the city and state where you live and it will show all the connected Links and Repeaters.....For EchoLink you can look for -L and -R (link and repeater) nodes at EchoLink Link Status.
This only works if the sysop set the location and configured other information properly. It doesn't show all nodes.
Only a few EchoLink nodes have online feeds. This something the owners do and not a part of EchoLink. As far as I know there is no web site that lists all of them.
It is VoIP related......Why was this thread moved? Echolink is not "digital voice".