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#HOW TO BUILD ECHOLINK HAM RADIO HOW TO#
#HOW TO BUILD ECHOLINK HAM RADIO PC#

In this example, we’ll connect to one of the UK’s most popular conference servers, the Ireland Conference Server (Node: 2605)

#HOW TO BUILD ECHOLINK HAM RADIO HOW TO#

Here’s a summary of how to connect to a node using Echolink. Only one person can transmit at a time, and if it is in use, you’ll have to wait your turn. Unlike a voice repeater, the Echolink repeaters are simplex, so there is a single channel for both transmit and receive.

#HOW TO BUILD ECHOLINK HAM RADIO PC#

The PC or Smartphone app makes looking for node numbers easy – otherwise, you’ll need to do a web search. If you want to establish contact with another ham, or connect to a conference server, you will need to know the node number of the ham or server in question. If you’re looking to connect to another station or a conference server from your radio, you will need to be in range of an Echolink repeater.

Talk to other amateurs from your laptop or smartphoneĮcholink in action on a PC Using Echolink (Radio).

Have a QSO with a ham that you can’t reach by radio.

Listen to other hams talking from around the world.

Join a conference using one of the many worldwide conference servers.

Use the network of worldwide Echolink repeaters from your base station, mobile or handheld radio.

With the likes of Skype and Windows Live, you might think that there’s no need for an amateur radio online chat service, but Echolink is far more than that: Echolink bridges that gap allowing voice and text communication over the Internet. There are many situations where it’s not possible to make contact with another amateur using radio, when only the Internet will do.

Echolink combines amateur contacts using RF (radio) with the Internet.