THIS PAGE IS OFFERD TO HELP RF USERS, IE. THOSE WITH-OUT INTERNET ACCESS WHILE MOBILING OR AWAY FROM THEIR COMPUTERS TO USE AND ENJOY ECHOLINK. ALL YOU WILL NEED IS THE ABILITY TO SEND DTMF TONES TO THE 147.360 (+) REPEATER. THE REPEATER IS AUTOMATED TO ACCEPT AND PASS TONES TO THE ECHOLINK LINK RADIO WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. TO TELL IF THE LINK IS ACTIVE YOU SEND THE DTMF COMMAND SEVEN SEVEN STAR (77*) AND LISTEN FOR A RESPONSE FROM ECHOLINK OVER THE REPEATER.

Posted 10.13.05 LATEST NEWS.... THANKS TO THE GENEROUSITY OF DAVE, K3HSK WHO HELPED MAKE THIS NODE POSSIBLE. DUE TO A CHANGE IN MY SCHEDULE, THIS ECHOLINK NODE WILL BE AVAIBLE FROM 15:00Z TO 23:00Z DAILY. I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT RUNNING 24 HRS/DAY ON THE WEEKENDS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF BARRY, N2EUS I NOW HAVE THE ULI BOARD AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF WIRING THE CABLES TO PUT THE BOARD AND IT'S CONTROL FEATURES INTO OPERATION. THIS MEANS LONGER OPERATING TIMES FOR THE SYSTEM BETWEEN SHUTDOWNS. Posted 05.07.06 WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL CONTROL OPERATOR TO SUPPLEMENT THE TWO WE ALREADY HAVE. IT REQUIRES A PERSON WHEN AVAIBLE TO MONITOR THE 147.360 REPEATER. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN TO ANYONE WISHES TO HELP. Posted 05.26.06 THE ULI INTERFACE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND THE INITIAL TESTING COMPLETED. EARLY RESULTS ARE VERY SATISFACTORY. A SECOND LINK RADIO WAS DONATED BY DAVE, KC2JZK AND WILL BE INSTALLED TO ALLOW CONTROL OPERATORS TO HAVE A DISCRETE BACKUP FREQUENCY TO CONTROL THE ECHOLINK SYSTEM Posted 06.01.06 ON 05/31/06 WE SUFFERED A LIGHTNING STRIKE HERE AT THE HOUSE. ONE OF THE SEVERAL VICTIMS WAS THE COMPUTER RUNNING THE ECHOLINK PROGRAM. UNTIL I CAN REPLACE/REPAIR THIS COMPUTER ECHOLINK WILL NOT BE AVAIBLE.PROJECTED DOWN TIME 2 TO 3 WEEKS Posted 06.06.06 AS OF 06/15/06 WE HAVE THE SYSTEM BACK UP AND RUNNING.I WAS ABLE TO WITH THE HELP OF SOME SPARE COMPONENTS COAX THE OLD COMPUTER BACK TO LIFE. WE HAVE PURCHASED A NEW COMPUTER AND AS TIME PERMITS ARE CONFIGURING IT TO REPLACE THE OLD COMPUTER. Posted 08.09.07 ECHOLINK IS NOW AVAIBLE DAILY ON THE 147.360 REPEATER FROM 07:30AM (L) TO 10:00PM (L) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Posted 08.09.07 ECHOLINK AND ECHOTIME CODES HAVE CHANGED. NEW CODES ARE LISTED BELOW. Posted 09.07.07 AS OF 08/25/07 THE ECHOLINK SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION AND AFTER SOME INITIAL COMPUTER HARDWARE PROBLEMS THE SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING AND APPEARS VERY STABLE. IT IS NOW OPERATIONAL FROM 7:30am TO 10:00pm LOCAL, DAILY . PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING YOU MUST IDENTIFY WITH YOUR STATION CALLSIGN BEFORE TRANSMITTING ANY DTMF TONES - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND NECCESSARY TO COMPLY WITH FCC PART 97 RULES. THAT THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONNECTIONS THAT YOU CAN MAKE: REPEATER - SELF EXPLANATORY LINK - USUALLY A SIMPLEX FREQUENCY USER - AN INDIVIDUAL AVAIBLE FOR A QSO CONFERENCE - A TYPE OF CHAT ROOM WHERE HAMS WITH SIMILIAR INTERESTS GATHER. THE FOLLOWING TONES ARE CURRENTLY AVAIABLE TO ALL USERS WANTING TO CONNECT TO ECHOLINK THROUGH THE REPEATER WITHOUT THE USE OF A COMPUTER. PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF 08/09/07 ECHO LINK COMMANDS HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE NEW COMMANDS. ECHOLINK COMMANDS SEND  Echolink information    11  Selects any random repeater, link, user or   conference and tries to connect to it    00  Selects any random link or repeater  and tries to connect to it  01  Selects any random conference and  tries to connect to it  02  Selects any random single user  tries to connect to it  03  Contact by node number**  node number  Echolink link status  08  Disconnect when finished with QSO  # key   Connect by call sign See Echolink help files   ECHOTIME COMMANDS SEND    Play help file  66* (* = star key)   Play time  77*  Play info file  88*   Play current weather  55*   Play weather forecast  44*  IMPORTANT REMINDER... DISCONNECT BY PRESSING THE POUND KEY ONCE AND LISTEN FOR THE DISCONNECT STATEMENT.. **NOTE THAT A NODE NUMBER IS A UNIQUE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EACH ECHOLINK STATION. THIS NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON LINE ADJACENT TO THE STATION CALL SIGN IN THE ECHOLINK SOFTWARE INDEX. AS WE GATHER ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPIERENCE THE SYSTEM COMMANDS MAY CHANGE - BE SURE TO CHECK BACK HERE ONCE IN A WHILE FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMTION. SENDING DTMF TONES SENDING THE TONES TO QUICKLY (QUICK SHORT TONES) COULD CAUSE THE CONTROLLER TO MISS A TONE. SENDING THE TONES TOO SLOWLY (LONG SLOW TONES) COULD CAUSE THE CONTROLLER TO INTERPET A SINGLE TONE AS TWO TONES. SENDING THE TONES AT THE RATE YOU WOULD USE ON A TOUCH TONE PHONE DIALER SHOULD WORK WELL. IF YOUR SURE THE REPEATER IS ACCEPTING YOUR TONES TRY ALTERING THE LENGTH AND SPACING OF THE TONES. AFTER SENDING THE DTMF TONES LISTEN FOR A "CONNECTING TO" RESPONSE FROM THE LOCAL REPEATER. HAVE A PENCIL AND PAPER HANDY TO JOT DOWN THE CALL SIGN OR NAME OF THE CONNECTION (NODE). ONCE YOU HEAR THE "CONNECTED" STATEMENT, LISTEN TO BE SURE THE FREQUENCY IS NOT IN USE AND THEN CALL "CQ" BE SURE TO USE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED VIA ECHOLINK AT SOME TIME DURING YOUR CQ. WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE FREQUENCY PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT YOUR ARE "DROPPING THE LINK" BEFORE DISCONNECTING. YOU CAN FIND INTERESTING NODE NUMBERS BY DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING ECHOLINK ONTO YOUR COMPUTER. AFTER LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 3500 STATIONS ALONG WITH THERE RESPECTIVE NODE NUMBERS WILL APPEAR. MAKE A LIST OF NODES AND CARRY IT ALONG WITH YOU IN YOUR TRAVELS. DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF ECHOLINK --> > HERE SUGGESTIONS - COMMENTS - QUESTIONS - EMAIL Due to the ever increasing use of Spam Bots, we have discontinued the use of an automatic emaiL routine. Our new email address is wa2ntk"at"stny.rr.com. Just replace the "at" with the @ symbol and you will have the correct address. Return to WA2NTK Home Page Echolink is the copyright © 2002-2004 Synergenics, LLC. EchoLink® is a registered trademark of Synergenics, LLC. last up-date 09.07.07