[ILHam] CQ100 Question

[Mike D.]

> I taled to someone on Echolink who told me that CQ100 is 
> "pretend" and that users are not actually on air. Is this 
> true? Is it just private computer to computer connection? Or 
> is this just someone being smart?

Not all Echolink "QSOs" are on-the-air either. You can communicate from
computer to computer, using V.O.I.P. without emitting any RF. It depends on
who/what you're talking with.

Here's an article I wrote about Echolink a few years ago:

http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2003/01/23/1/

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