[Elecraft] Echo Link

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:06:51 EDT, Wingkeel at aol.com wrote:

>     Has anyone out there used Echo Link?  Do I need any other interface 
>beyond the RS232 interface I have in my K2?

What do you want to do with Echolink? It is primarily used in these ways

1) To access a distant repeater or remote base station via the internet 

2) To converse with another ham who has Echolink on his computer

3) To connect a repeater or base station to the internet

Echolink does not provide much in the way of control -- it is primarily 
relaying voice both ways via the internet. It also has a touchtone decoder. 

To interface Echolink to a a radio you need audio going both ways between 
the radio and sound card and a method of knowing when to transmit. 
Echolink has built-in VOX, but it can also take an electrical connection from 
the receiver that indicates the presence of signal and/or squelch.

Jim Brown K9YC