Echolink QSO Log

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 2002 (09:06) seed

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~terry Tue, Dec 3, 2002 (19:28) #1

I talked to VY1SK, Steve, in Vancouver who has a very soothing speaking manner. He travels the world giving talks, partily about ham radio. He's in Burnaby. He's under QRZ.com, and it shows his little minivan. "The little van that thinks it's a 4x4! (It really isn't!) This is the little van that travels with my wife and I, as we journey to remote regions of Southeast Asia. We plan to depart for the Philippines shortly and will spend Christmas there. We work with student amateur radio candidates for licensing in the Philippines for 8 weeks and depart the Philippines for Taiwan, as the minivan is shipped via steamship to Southwest Africa.

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (16:46) #2

Talked to wd8cfs, Jack, in Hudson, Ohio between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio. He once lived in Austin and moved to Ohio when he was 17 (back in 57). He spent time in Killeen, Texas and Okinawa. He's just getting familiar with Echolink. He's 62 but he still remembers Barton Springs and the area. He's with an ink manufacturing company in Ohio for the commercial printing industry.

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (16:53) #3

We get a lot of folks like n3jmn who connect and never say anything. They must be having technical problems? Or are they just lurkers?

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (17:22) #4

Talked to Bob, whose audio was very, very hot. kb6led live in Hayward, which is about 25 miles South of San Francisco. He's an electrical contract. 45808 is his echolink number. It will be up and down for the next few weeks while they are configuring it.

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (18:15) #5

Bob, the guy with the hot audio in Hayward, is still working on his audio. He'll get it! I looked up his echolink node number and it's 45808. Kyle heard him on 442.15 and now he's all fired up to get on Echolink. Kyles call is kd5euo and he runs Red Hat 7.3 and also has a Windoze laptop.

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (18:23) #6

I see Joe, G0PWE, is online. Joe is 2416 on Echolink. He loves his sports, especially soccer/football. He's an ex military guy and loves the air shows. It's wintry where he is in NE England near the North Sea. He used to work in the coal mines there, tough business!

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (18:29) #7

http://www.repeater.org/echolink/vy1sk.html is the link for Steve, the globetrotting guy who has all the gear in his minivan and in his Burnaby digs.

~terry Sun, Dec 8, 2002 (19:12) #8

Paul, kd6qdw, echolink 45655, has a couple of good California Bay area repeaters. I was just now reading the mail as Joe was talking to him. He lives in the outskirts of the East Bay. He does refrigeration work.

~terry Mon, Dec 9, 2002 (16:14) #9

Talked to Frans, PE1LGF, Echolink 29011. Frans is from Venlo in the Netherlands. For a long time we thought that Frans lived above a dress shop but we found that he is in fact a government worker. We like to kid him about pumping it up! Remember the Hans and Frans skit on Saturday Night Live. He has a fine signal on Echolink, one of the best. And he has some great beer recommendations, thought I don't recall the brands he suggested specifically.

~terry Mon, Dec 9, 2002 (16:23) #10

http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/food/11/since/-90 will get you to the beer discussion where Frans, Joe and I discuss some of the finer aspects of beerdom.

~fransv Mon, Dec 9, 2002 (16:23) #11

Okay you all !!!!!! This is Holland calling !!!!! Hi Paul its not posbl. to pump me up. I pump when i want to pump (HI) I live realy above a dresstore. I'm working for the goverment . About the beer : remember its BRAND beer!!!!! You have to taste it Ask George. Thanks for the signalrepp.

~terry Mon, Dec 9, 2002 (16:35) #12

I hear Frans has quite a view from his window of the town square, what are the chances of getting a picture of this view sometime Frans? I used to work with a guy named Franz who was married to a woman named Anna. But the spelling is very different. We used to joke about whether is was pronounced Frons and Onna or Frans and Anna (heavy midwestern emphasis). The guy was a great carpenter though and we built three India Import stores together in California (Redding, Santa Maria and ?). Guess it was two.

~terry Fri, Dec 13, 2002 (19:47) #13

I just had a fine qso with Franz, Joe, Bob, Bill and George. The "regulars". Franz downlowded the latest echolink and got it running. You can get it from http://www.echolink.org/el/download.htm It's got the cool "explorer" style windows. Bob went out for fish and chips at the place we used to meet them regularly on Airport. We're having our own fish and chips at home, but not quite the same! Google has some great new stuff. See Spring's main page for details, http://www.spring.net , scroll down to the end of the page, past the Ricky Williams gif. n5deb checked in earlier in the day and reminded me about "guys and gals" and promised to check in more often after I chided her a bit.

~admin Fri, Jan 3, 2003 (10:06) #14

Henry lives in Naefels, Switzerland callsign hb9ate and hb9irj Josef node echolink 40052 In a few days, Josef will be online hopefully. He speaks several languages.

~terry Fri, Jan 3, 2003 (12:34) #15

Buddy kb5elv 9534 is his echolink node number n3app-r Erie, PA Net on Conf is his repeater email Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio Welcome home, Buddy. Glad you finally made it. We have been speculating about when you would find your way back.

~terry Tue, Jan 14, 2003 (09:41) #16

I talked to Lars with db9xq listening. He's from Sweeeeden. sm7jma is Lars callsign. Kalmar is qth on the Southeast coast of Sweden very close to the "long island". His echolink number 26253. His email mailto://sm7jma@telia.com . . . I am sending email to Lars. He has his own homepage, http://fly.to/sm7jma . It stands for flying to as he's an old Swedish Air Force guy. He has a loud and clear signal. I will visit his home page and write in his book. I don't read Swedish though. I'll look at the photo album. He's popular on msn messenger.

~terry Tue, Jan 14, 2003 (09:47) #17

~terry Tue, Jan 14, 2003 (09:54) #18

Lars, I also have a Yaesu FT-51R and the same mount as you. No hf rig though. What is that book to your left, looks like something to do with flying. Do you have any amazing tales from your flying days? Are the Norwegians and Swedish peoples getting along well? What other hobbies do you have?

~terry Tue, Jan 14, 2003 (09:55) #19

I never thought of using the mobile mount for the 51r in the shack, but you've given me an idea. How did you mount that? Is there some trick to mounting it?

~kf4eml Wed, Jan 15, 2003 (22:33) #20

Hi! This is interesting. Hope to make more contacts. Right now I am conacted to node #71911 on Echolink. Looking at SM7JMA's picture, looks like he has an ht like mine (Icom w32). 73's for now. Jeremy, KF4EML Lexington, NC

~terry Sat, Jan 18, 2003 (11:49) #21

Tahns for signing the log Jeremy. Hope to hear you on Echolink 44215 more often. Our link number is 11517. Good talkie. I have two of them but no good batteries anymore.

~repeateradmin Sun, Feb 2, 2003 (09:44) #22

Rich callsign g0owu echolink 65558 lives at Dudley Wren's Nest. The Wren's Nest is a huge rock. On the Eastern side of the rock there are seven large caves and he's right on top of the caverns. These caverns are called the Seven Sisters. It's all sealed off now. He asked me about using a crossover cable and I recommended that he use a switch or a hub to connect the two computers instead. That way Rich could add more computers later.

~terry Sat, Feb 22, 2003 (14:03) #23

Talking now to KC9DER, Larry, in Springfield IL. Node 82048. mailto://lhs@motion.net . . . he told me about: k9ke-r in Godfrey IL node 55580 which is the St. Louis, MO echolink repeater and it is crosslinked. "Station K9KE-R serves the St. Louis, MO metro area via the 147.300 + repeater. It is linked to 443.350 + and 53.350 -1.7MHz. There is an open net each Sunday at 8PM Central Time. Please join in. Bob AE4TZ, will take check-ins via Echolink. I hope you can make it. This is an open repeater." Also, talking to k4olp who is talking to me and Dave, g0flx. I'll get my call out to k4olp in the next transmission.

~terry Sat, Feb 22, 2003 (14:09) #24

Interesting tht g0flx has a place in South Florida and k4olp is from Florida. G0FLX is node 7268, wow, low number, Dave! K4OLP is in Lake Okeechobee, Florida nad his node is 27144. "Where else can you roundtable with stations all over the world and everybody hears everybody hears everybody else".

~terry Sat, Feb 22, 2003 (14:30) #25

The name was Lee and his node number is 27114. K4OLP in Lake Okeechobee. Jim, ka9dif, mailto://jedwards@joink.com or mailto://ka9dif@arrl.net directs the Youth Center in Terra Huate. His node number is 87025. I sounds like al ot of fun and very rewarding.

~terry Sat, Feb 22, 2003 (14:40) #26

OK1OGA Czech Republic. Node 69096.

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (11:31) #27

kd5fjf Rob in Bastrop. Disabled working at home. Talked to him the old fashioned way, on the repeater.

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (11:31) #28

Good to hear another Bastropian, Rob!

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (12:31) #29

Talked to BO6MH, in Bavaria. Martin. He's near Munich in the Southern part of Germany. Kaufbeuren is his city. Echolink node 68848 F6DIH, Marcelle, France South Bordeux. Echolink node 68404. DK4EC Kurt. Berlin, Germany. His second QSO on Echolink. 89923

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (12:35) #30

Bob, Pittsburgh, first time on Echolink. His call is kb3dnk and his node number is 85701.

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (12:36) #31

My node number is 48791 ka6atn.

~terry Fri, Feb 28, 2003 (16:45) #32

Joe Estrni, retired 87 year old past 40 years ham, equipment broken down Newmarket, Ontario VE1ELJ 73925 Ontario Canada

~terry Sat, Mar 1, 2003 (20:52) #33

John Buckner. k6jjb. Patent Atty

~terry Sun, Mar 2, 2003 (21:51) #34

Talked on the Magic Net on Echolink 55580. Godfrey, Illinois repeater k0kls kb9zjz bill tom ??zi granite city bob net control aa4dz kb9uce mark 2m wayne kg9me newslink ae4tz net control

~fransv Sun, Mar 9, 2003 (17:43) #35

Today, 9-3-2003 no AB5N-R on air ????? To bussy with they new Mayor ???????

~terry Sun, Mar 9, 2003 (18:03) #36

Frans, we are too busy with sxsw, South by Southwest. http://www.spring.net/sxsw is my page of the goings on and there is also http://www.sxsw.com the official site. I got a "Gold Pass" in exchange for doing digital video at the fest. Right now, I'm taking a break and catching up on my email, etc on one of the public Imac's. The http://www.austinmayor.com is on hold for a few days while I take in this huge event.

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (12:16) #37

Can echolink devices be used for running other audio applications such as VOIP over the net? Or speech to text conversion?

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:09) #38

This is Pedja, I talked to him on Echolink while I was underwater in my pool using a special microphone and a crossband talkie. An old ICOM. Name: Predrag Supurovi� Nickname: Pedja Alias: Broker Birth date: 21.12.1969. E-mail: mailto://broker@uzice.net Phone: +381-31-510-030 +381-31-510-430 Address: Dimitrija Tucovi�a 44/84 31000 U�ice YUGOSLAVIA

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:11) #39

Pedja, what does a web broker do?

~Pedja Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:30) #40

Well, I am not a web broker, Broker is just my nickname. :) Term web broker actualy exists and it is an programming issue, about client server applications which use Internet for data exchange.

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:32) #41

Got, just a nickname. I copied the above picture you took, what is this of?

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:33) #42

It looks like some kind of tunnel.

~Pedja Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (16:36) #43

That is photo from the tunnel in the Djetinaj river Canyon. That road is what is left after removal of the narow trach rail built in 19 century to connect Belgrate and Sarajevo. Now it is not used except by us nature lovers and bikers :) It is very lovely area, about half an hour of walk from center of Uzice, my hometown.

~terry Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (17:41) #44

It looks like some kind of tunnel.

~terry Sun, Apr 13, 2003 (11:36) #45

G3KLV Gordon