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updated 4-18-05
Net Status:
ACTIVE
Day: Sundays
Time: 7:00 pm Mountain.
Hosting Station: KC5ORO-L node 29253
Linked Stations (but not limited to):
Sunday Night Net Audio - Download audio of the Net in Mp3 format.
Introduction:
It has become a common practice to use Echolink and the internet to link one or more specific amateur radio stations together. It has been demonstrated that echolink can be used to create a stable link between stations. Many hams around the country have thus integrated the internet into their existing emergency and informal radio net practices.
Purpose:
The Tech Amateur Radio Association has created a radio
net that will use the internet to link one or more simplex stations
together, to maintain a stable link capable of organized emergency or
informal net traffic, and to provide both new and old licensed amateur
radio operators a chance to practice communicating in an internet linked
net. It will also allow New Mexico Tech students to practice proper
net procedure, to gain experience acting as net control operators, and
to use the KC5ORO club station from their dorm rooms using only a computer,
a microphone, and NMT's local area network.
Procedure:
Computer Setup
Every link will have a PC that is interfaced to a transceiver. The
PC will be running Echolink, which will communicate with other echolink
stations via the internet and control the radio transceiver. See
illustration.
Linking Stations Together
Participating links will connect to a single echolink station, which
will act as a central gateway for all the connected stations. A radio
signal received by any one of the connected stations will be sent over
the internet and retransmitted by the other simplex or repeater stations.
This will allow RF operators in the coverage area of ANY connected echolink
station to receive and respond to the net. Computer users may also connect
to the system and activate the transmitters using their computer, a
microphone, and the echolink software.
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Echolink Net
The participating echolink simplex and repeater stations as well
as any other echolink stations will be connected to the acting conference
server KC5ORO-L. The operator acting as the net control will begin the
net, test the links, and traffic will begin. Click
here to see the Net Format
Conclusion:
With the use of echolink and the internet, it is
our goal to optimize the practice of connecting multiple stations together
for the purpose of an organized net. The net will be capable of conveying
traffic, including emergency traffic, between licensed amateur radio
operators around the world. It will also allow New Mexico Tech students
to practice proper net procedure, to gain experience acting as net control
operators, and to use the KC5ORO club station from their dorm rooms
using only a computer, a microphone, and NMT's local area network.
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