Repeater
EchoLink Procedures
WB1GRB-R Echolink Code & DTMF Functions
ECHOLINK NODE 158564
Now using an Alinco DR-635T VHF/UHF Transceiver.
EchoLink® Updated Sunday November 27, 2011
I have a DELL PC PENTIUM 4 2.8 GHZ DESKTOP dedicated for EchoLink 24/7. (Using computer or EchoLink cell phone compatible.) USE NODE NUMBER 158564 or WB1GRB-R. YOU CAN ALSO USE YOUR (FAVORITES)
Available in Android Market
FAQ - iPhone
FAQ -
Android
This will show you haw to download echolink.
Thanks to K1RFD and all the Echolink contributers. There is now a free Application for the Android phones.
Working with Echolink YouTube
Click here to download or listen to this QSO with Jonahon Taylor K1RFD
Note: these DTMF commands could be updated at any time. All numbers and letters have been tested on simplex. For now DTMF Tones must be sent on 146.655 to my station to work. For now tones on the input 146.055 are muted. SARA repeater committee is working on programming controller to pass these tones.
Description Default
Connects to other single-users on the Internet, based on the node number.. Node Number
Disconnects the single-user that is currently connected. #
If more than one single station is connected, disconnects all stations. ##
Re-connects to the single-user that most recently disconnected. 09
Status Announces the callsign of each station currently connected. 08 Play Info Plays a brief ID message. *
Query by Call Looks up a single station by its call sign, and reads back its node number and status. 07
Query by Node Looks up a single station by its node number, and reads back its call sign and status. 06
Random User. Selects an available single-user station at random, and tries to connect to it.. 03
Random Favorite Single users. Connects at random to wb1grb favorite list of stations. 031
October 2002 ECHOLINK By Al Goldberg, AG1B
My horizontal loop antenna was down, leaving me without ham radio. Marv Kronenberg, K1DLT, told me about EchoLink and now I am working the world without an antenna or ham equipment. All that I need is a computer built within three years and an internet connection. Plug a cheap microphone into your soundcard or computer. The loudspeakers of your computer should work OK but disconnect the powered woofer to eliminate audio feedback. Go to www.echolink.org and read what it is all about. Jonathon Taylor of the Norwalk radio club wrote the software. After downloading about 2-megabytes of software; register. If you are a licensed ham, you will be accepted and the world is yours. Over 40-thousand amateurs are already in and EchoLink is growing at about 200 a day. A dial-up internet connection is fine although large conference QSOs work better with a fast connection. I have a cable modem via Optonline. Whenever you are connected to EchoLink, your call sign appears on the listing. You can connect almost automatically for a chat and anyone can call you. A large number of repeaters are already linked to EchoLink. Many hams link their regular equipment but I fail to see the benefit. The amazing thing is that contacts are clear without interference, fading, or static. DX becomes easy as working a local station. I was on a round-robin contact with two hams in the UK and a ham in New Zealand. Try that over the air. The predecessor of EchoLink is I-Link, which is fading out fast. I understand that I-Link lists call signs in no special order thereby making these difficult to find. EchoLink lists the call signs in alphabetical and numerical order. Marv and I wonder about the future of ham radio. RF is still needed for mobile and emergency communications. The ARRL may have unpleasant vibes about this turn of events. Without ham gear; who will advertise in QST? A welcome change is that one can ragchew with DX instead of simply exchanging calls. Gone are the pileups! Give EchoLink a try!
J/S WB1GRB