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EchoLink on GGARC 447.35 (-) 151.4

During last week’s net neither Mike KE0BIQ nor I were able to check into the weekly Hammin Sams net via EchoLink. We could hear what was going on, but could not get the node to respond to our requests to transmit. Well after some investigation, I found and fixed a couple of issues. But all of you using the Smart Phone app should check your settings after installing the recent update to the app. In mine it meant changing the source from SPEAKER to HANDSET/HEADSET and increasing the ‘mic’ gain. While this helps, it’s not a fix as the audio via the internet is still much lower and more distorted than it used to be.

So while I continue to investigate why the levels changed; I’ve left the node online. Note I linked the node to both test reflectors and using my HT that audio path did not change so the low/distorted audio is only heard on the repeater when using a smartphone.

Don, WA9WWS

KØHSC Hammin’ Sams RV net Thursday June 11th
GGARC repeater: 447.350, Offset – minus 5MHz. PL 151.4

IRLP Hint #1

IMPORTANT: Whenever engaged in a conference using either IRLP or EchoLink, you must let the repeater drop its carrier to reset the internal IRLP/EchoLink timers.

Here is a current list of commands that are now available on the GGARC IRLP/EchoLink node:
a) 411 tells the node to ID itself
b) C says speak the current node time
c) CC says speak the current node date
d) Star (*) 69 is like on the phone tells the node to ID the last inbound call

And as before
a) Before you start always enter 73 to disconnect any active sessions.
b) A four digit codes connects the local node to the IRLP node with the 4 digit code. If you’re looking for possibilities, check out the list of IRLP nodes at http://www.irlp.net/status/
c) A Star (*) followed by a code, connects the local node to the EchoLink node with that ID. If you’re looking for possibilities, check out the search tool at http://www.echolink.org/links.jsp

Don, WA9WWS