Analog Repeater linking (NOT IRLP or Echolink)

$\'\'$

$\'\'$

$\'\'$

eHam.net Forum : Digital : Analog Repeater linking (NOT IRLP or Echolink)

Forum Help

1-3 of 3 messages

Page 1 of 1

Analog Repeater linking (NOT IRLP or Echolink)	Reply
by KF0X on June 1, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
We have a repeater located literally behind a mountain and no line-of-sight to really anywhere. Our club has several linked repeaters and ONLY this repeater is linked 24/7 into the others via Echolink because of little other reasonable choices. This repeater exists to fill in a huge "hole" in coverage. For that same reason, this "hole" causes us to have problems linking by other means. Linking by RF means is absolutely, positively not an option and has already been extensively researched and dismissed. I have to think there is some other VOIP solution for linking which would sound better and work better than Echolink. Is there some software out there which would work for this purpose? I know there is some VERY high-end commercial solutions which includes a large investment in both hardware and software. The good news is we do have VERY reliable Internet pipes (wide pipes) at both ends. There must be someone out there with a similar issue and I would really appreciate knowing how you solved it via Internet linking. Please remember, this is a 24/7 linking. I look forward to someones help. Thank and 73.

RE: Analog Repeater linking (NOT IRLP or Echolink)	Reply
by K4TJJ on June 1, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Have you considered using Skype? I seem to recall I attended a presentation where it was being used for remote HF station control.

RE: Analog Repeater linking (NOT IRLP or Echolink)	Reply
by KG4RAY on July 31, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Look in to speak freely. It hasn't been updated in about 8 years but it still seems to work in windows and can be compiled for Linux. It is the basis of IRLP but is not really related to it. One of the best features is that you can choose different audio codecs. With today's high-speed links, you could do an uncompressed connection at 64kbps no problem. That will give a good frequency response between 0-4000Hz. If you want it to be a bit more bandwidth efficient, you could turn on ADPCM which can cut the bandwidth usage in half with little degradation in audio quality.

Page 1 of 1

Next Topic: Kam 8.2 and RTTY
Previous Topic: Rocks...Hard, Soft, and Really Rocks

Email Subscription
You are not subscribed to this topic.

Check our help page for help using Forum, or send questions, comments, or suggestions to the Forum Manager.

$\'\'$