[NCARC] NCARC meeting this Saturday Dec. 15th / Echolink presentation

[Steve's email]

QST to all hams in our local Northern Colorado area:

Please come and hear Jim Wilson, KC0RBT at our next NCARC meeting this
coming Saturday.  Jim has a presentation on a growing mode in amateur radio
: Echolink.  Jim has his own echolink station and will be explaining how
this mode works.

More info on this mode is at http://www.echolink.org/faq.htm  See some
additional info below:

December 15, Saturday - Golden Corral Fort Collins
Speaker: Jim Wilson, KC0RBT


Meeting time:  	Breakfast starts at 8:00 am
			Saturday December 15th
		   	Regular meeting at 9:00 am ~ 9:30 am
			Jim's presentation: 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Location:		Golden Corral restaurant
			901 E. Harmony Road (across from Sam's club)
			Fort Collins
			Local hams monitor 145.115 -ve offset 100 hz in case you need directions

'73

-Steve Henry
N7GN
NCARC President

EchoLink

EchoLink allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to connect to one another
over the Internet.  You can use EchoLink to connect your station (or your
computer) over the Internet to other amateurs using the same software, and
carry on a voice QSO.  This greatly enhances the range and utility of mobile
and portable VHF/UHF-FM stations, and also allows computer-equipped hams to
access distant repeaters directly.

You can access EchoLink either with a radio or a computer.  If you are in
range of an FM repeater or simplex station equipped with EchoLink, you can
use DTMF commands from your radio to access the EchoLink network.  If you
are a licensed amateur with an Internet-connected PC, you can access
EchoLink stations directly from your PC.

EchoLink is an extension of conventional voice modes, particularly FM.
EchoLink communicates over the Internet digitally, but does not transmit any
digital signals over the air.

EchoLink is a system designed to provide VoIP gateways for repeaters and
simplex stations. If you are interested in talking (by voice) with other
Internet users from your computer, or you would like to participate in or
set up your own Internet chat room, please use one of the many excellent
software packages designed for this purpose, such as Skype.