>Have you seen http://www.irlp.net/? They are linking local amature radio
>networks together using the internet as a backbone. Not 20 or 40 meter,
>but interesting non-the-less.
Heard about it for the first time today, talking with drive-time
friends on the local 2m repeater. One person was quite enthused,
but others were somewhat hesitant -- "It's not real ham radio, since
you use the internet for the real hop" and "Why not just use your
cell phone, it's no different."
I checked out their web site, and am bothered by the fact that they
install the software (they do) after you have installed linux on
your system... I asked if the source is or would be available at
some point and haven't gotten a response... I don't install any
software on my linux box that I can't get the source for... and
I certainly will NOT allow someone else to install binaries on
it...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Wed May 02 2001 - 22:33:44 BST