Delivers1234
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What do (in general) techs usually play with or get interested in after getting their 2m/70cm? 1.25m? etc...
What do (in general) techs usually play with or get interested in after getting their 2m/70cm? 1.25m? etc...
Many of them get on Echolink!
Well...in my case, I run an rf node. Definitely radio involved. Nothing much different than all the linking that the DMR craze has taken to epic levels.Individuals obtain an Amateur Radio license to use an internet connection? I can't say that I share your enthusiasm..
Well that "internet connection" can connect directly to repeaters which allow hams to talk via RF to other hams using base, mobile or portable tranceivers. Those QSOs can be thousands of miles apart, even when conditions for radio propagation are dismal! Furthermore, you don't even need radios, antennas, power supplies, etc., because you can get onto Echolink using only a computer or a smartphone!!Individuals obtain an Amateur Radio license to use an internet connection? I can't say that I share your enthusiasm..
Furthermore, you don't even need radios, antennas, power supplies, etc., because you can get onto Echolink using only a computer or a smartphone!!
why not just call a party line with any old phone? Or just walk to the local grocery store and start talking to people in the parking lot...
I had to laugh, but I agree. It's one thing to have people on both ends of the conversation talking into a real 2-way radio, & having the 2 repeaters being connected by the internet, but to have both people talking into their computers & not using a 2-way radio, well why bother getting your ticket? Just pick up a phone, & start pushing buttons until the phone rings, & see how far away the person who answers the phone lives. If the 1st 2 buttons you press start with 11, the other person will be far away.While I don't discount echolink at all, this makes no sense.
why not just call a party line with any old phone? Or just walk to the local grocery store and start talking to people in the parking lot...
Party line???? Ma Bell left those behind in the 60s even out here in flyover country.