[Qcwa] Echolink and Ham operation

[George/Frances]

A year ago the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club made a decision to install

an IRLP (Internet Repeater Linking Project) node on the Club's

146.34/94 wide area repeater. We had a choice of th IRLP system,

Echolink, or I-link.

>From a security point of view we picked IRLP, a system that is linked

to a repeater, or base station at each end, with the internet

connecting the two radios.  As both ends of the link are under the 

control of a licensed amateur or radio club, and the entrance into

the system is by radio at both ends, maximum monitoring of 

communication takes place.


The other systems can be entered directly from a computer.


The server(s) that control the system are designed to give

access to authorized amateurs, but their identification is not

hard to "fake".


While none of the systems are completly foolproof, the IRLP

system gives us the best chance of keeping out unlicensed 

communicators.


Happy New Year........

George-VE3BNO         (IRLP NODE 2040 )