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Me personally - I need to hit the books tonight and get my license as soon as possible. It's not true DX - because there is no antenna requirements and no power limits - due to the internet picking up the signal and going with it from there.
#ECHOLINK HAM RADIO NEEFS REWRITE DRIVERS#
It's pretty neat to have a guy from Tennesee or Georgia or two truck drivers traveling down I 80 - that can talk with each other as they are driving down the road - and be able to talk with people from Ohio or Pennsylvania or Florida - even with a hand held. With this new set up - even a mobile with 25 watts can talk clear across the country - as long as his radio and the club repeater is set up right. My opinion is that it gives the average Novice Ham radio operator the opportunity to talk long distances and communicate with more then just the local buddy group.
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I have logged 16 out of area or out of state calls in my log book - just with my rinky dink set up. In one weekend, I have heard more Echo Link conversations and more technicians who have accomplished setting up multiple links for Nodes then Carter had liver pills. I too only have a Scanner - a Uniden BC 890 XLT - connected to my Winegard 8200U home antenna, turned with a rotor, amplified with a Channel Master CM 7777 pre amp and fed with Belden 1829 AC quad shield coax wire - 100+ feet from the shed roof - 18 feet above ground to the house. The Punxsutawney area repeater is no online yet with the Echo Link as far as I know, and I talk to the president of the club most every day. Here is a link to the local repeaters in my area.