[Ham-Mac] Re: EchoMac and 56K Connection

Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:38:14 -0800

>On 4/3/03 3:02 AM, "[email protected]"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>released and it worked great on the SWL side. I found several old Apple Mics
>in the the junk box and the one with the longer plug worked great.  I got

Yup. Some of the Apple "mic" inputs expect more of a "line" level 
input, if I remember correctly. The longer plug was to supply +5 to 
an amplifier built into the mic housing.

>Anybody have an EchoMac success story with a 56K connection?

I've only tried one QSO, and then the problem was that the other 
station was breaking up on the repeater. Connecting to *echotest* 
seems to work just fine.

>
>Also, I am a little confused on the stations that show up with the orange
>highlight as being in conference.  What is a conference connection? Does
>this mean they are closed connections?

I think that means that more than two persons are participating in the QSO.

>
>BTW, we have an excellent 442.15 repeater in Austin with a full time
>EchoLInk connection. Look for AB5N-5 and it is sometimes labeled as the
>University of Texas at Austin.  I use it from the C5 and we have stations
>coming in from everywhere.  I have yet to hear an EchoMac station.
>

I'll keep that in mind!

Best regards,

H.-C.
KG6POK SM6TLH
-- 
Dr. Hans-Christian Becker
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A