From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
>
>>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."
That and Amateur radio still has rules regarding commercial and third
party
traffic.
Reminds me of the linkages I did 30 years ago with copper lines (phone).
same old thing.
Allison
Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 18:10:27 BST