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Is an echolink station under local, remote, or automatic control. I have voiced my reservations about this type of operation and control operator issues before and been told I don't know what I'm talking about so it obviously doesn't bother me.įirst, the type of control must be defined. The following are my opinions only and take them for what they are worth.
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Thanks again for your answer! Once I upgrade I guess it won't matter much anyway, but it is still a valid issue in terms of the legality.Īs far as you using someone else's radio via echolink, no problem for you. I'm not sure about it being third-party, but what he said sort of matches up to what you're saying. They're responsible for what is aired via their station.
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Someone else did point out in the thread in the Rag Chew forum that it would essentially be third-party operation by default. Most of the time I'm on my little tiny cross-band system, but sometimes I'll use my wireless mic, radio but not amateur radio. Never thought of that part of the equation. If I'm not using a radio, which sometimes I don't, then it would be different. But, that is an interesting gray area (again) that you bring up with Echolink. That was always my thought anyway, it seems that someone else's station is not my responsibility as long as I am operating within my privileges. I looked around on the internet for other issues with VOIP and I didn't find much that was legally relevant.Īs far as your explanation goes it does indeed answer my question, thank you. Interesting, and I wonder what the precedence is that you speak of. Had to check this thread before I go off to bed (much too late!) That makes it more "Secure" for the fact that the transmitting freq is being used through RF to go wherever that system talks to.ĭoes that make sense and answer your question.? IRLP can not use a computer to transmit, like echolink so you must use a radio. Now, If you are using a ham radio talk onto echolink, then you would be ok and echolink is a tool just link a link RF freq. Now, this is where it gets tricky,the problem with "Echolink" is that if you are transmitting on a computer directly and not through a ham radio, I am not satisfied with the legal portion of that, in other words, I would say it is not legal (Now I know there has been talk and precedence about that, but that is my interpretation on that). It is being sent via someone who is "authorized" on that band to transmit on.
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What happens to your signal after you are transmitting on an authorized freq for your license class and it gets re-transmitted to another freq via a RF link, UHF link, or a VOIP link, it is not your responsibility. This means you can only transmit on a freq you are legally able to talk on. Legally, you are only responsible for your transmissions from YOUR end. (Please, no arguing about VOIP, that's a long-been-beaten dead horse.) Anyone see anything more specific in relation to this topic? Ideas? Thoughts? Specific rules that you know of? I have looked at FCC rules about repeaters, linking, and third-party traffic (?) as well as control operators, but I have yet to see anything that specifically mentions VOIP linking. If my signal is re-transmitted over a system that I am unaware of then how can I be held responsible for transmissions outside of my license class? If they have an actively transmitting station should they not be at the control point to assure that station's legality? And, even if I did know where would the responsibility lie? They could be in any band with a repeater or simplex node and I would have no idea.
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If another conference server links in to that one there is no list of who is on the incoming conference. Once in awhile I like to link my low power cross-band repeat system to some of the different conference servers. Part of the problem would be actually knowing that you're linked as I would never purposely link to something that I know is not within my license privileges. If I, as a technician, am on an Echolink conference server, and someone else unknown to me links into the server with a repeater in 10 meters or elsewhere in HF that I am not licensed for, who is responsible? This is a question I've wondered about for sometime. So, recently the question was posed in the Rag Chew forum about Echolink and linking of repeaters.