IRLP ONLY provides a wireline link between RF systems...ECHOlink
and others DO NOT as they allow PCs to talk directly between
each other and on to the air...(which I have serious problems
with...regardless of how "secure" they say they are...but they
aren't!!!)
IRLP still requires EACH user to be on HAM RADIO...YES that is a
valid contact....but it merely LINKs radio or rptr systems
together...the END user is still on their own radio..NOT a PC!
(again, unlike ECHO or other VoIP systems)..
Your 900Mhz to TELCO to 900MHz call is NOT as it is a Part15 unit....and not
used as a Part97 radio....
OH you could argue a gray area...but lets get real...its NOT
how IRLP is set up....
Chris
WB5ITT
-------Original Message-------
From: John Geiger <johngeig@yahoo.com>
Sent: 04/21/03 11:02 AM
To: vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu, vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Is this a QSO?
>
> Since people refer to contacts via Echolink or IRLP as
"QSO", and I think that the ARRL will count them for
the first contact award, the rag chewers club, and the
friendship award, I am wondering if the following
would also count.
I have a cordless phone that operates on 904.7 MHZ FM,
which is in the 33cm band. If I work another ham who
is also using a cordless phone in the 33cm band, (or a
2.4G model) and we both give callsigns-is it a "QSO".
Propagation was involved in getting the signal from
the handset to the base unit-with wires in between
each base unit. Seems very similar to how IRPL is set
up.
73s JOhn NE0P
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