Many of you know I have been working on a project to put the SRO repeater on the internet.
Well... it is there.
This has been a $0.00 budget program. (nothing like a large budget to motivate you)
All testing and settings have been done using the BGBG technique (by Gosh By Golly).
The hardware involved is:
1 Old XP computer with a single 1.6 Gb processor, Updated to Windows 7 With SP1. Cant upgrade any further, CPU does not have SSE feature. I tried and it crashed!
1 Homemade interface to radio from parts lying around the shack, On the table, under the table, on the floor, other places in the basement etc.
1 Homemade Antenna,made from aluminum rod, copper pipe, Plastic water pipe and fittings.
Old Coax lying in bins
Solder and a shirt (I got to close to the soldering iron).
And a old Icom IC-27H running 1 watt. (yes 1 watt, any more and instead of getting into Hollywood site (about 4 miles away) I would get into Lake Zurich 30 miles away.
Kudos to Don W9RA for throwing his 2 cents keeping me honest. He let me know what it sounded like at the other end. I had no way to hear what
came out of the computer.
Give it a try...
I am usually in the shack between 8:45PM and 9:15PM. I'll try to keep a HT on also other times in the day.
Echolink will run on Windows , iOS, Linux, and Android. Yes, I have it running on my cell phone.
It is a free Download.
Hope to hear you soon
Mike WA9EVF
