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Echolink starts muddying the water a bit. | Echolink starts muddying the water a bit. | ||
* When someone uses their phone to connect to an Echolink node via the internet, which then connects to a repeater via RF, half of the conversation is via RF and the other half is over the internet. | * When someone uses their phone to connect to an Echolink node via the internet, which then connects to a repeater via RF, half of the conversation is via RF and the other half is over the internet. | ||
- | * But when two people use their phones to send each other text messages or have a phone-to-phone conversation, | + | * But when two people use their phones to send each other text messages or have a phone-to-phone conversation, |
===== IRLP ===== | ===== IRLP ===== | ||
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IRLP is a bit similar to Echolink but with more RF: | IRLP is a bit similar to Echolink but with more RF: | ||
* When used to connect two (or more) repeaters together, most of the heavy work is via RF. | * When used to connect two (or more) repeaters together, most of the heavy work is via RF. | ||
- | * But if someone has their own IRLP node at home and use it to connect to other repeaters, then it's a short step away from having an IRLP app on a phone that connects directly to the other repeater and do away with one of the radios. | + | * But if someone has their own IRLP node at home and uses it to connect to other repeaters, then it's a short step away from having an IRLP app on a phone that connects directly to the other repeater and do away with one of the radios. |
===== DMR ===== | ===== DMR ===== | ||
{{ is_it_ham_radio4.png | {{ is_it_ham_radio4.png | ||
- | Finally, | + | DMR can fall almost everywhere on this continuum. |
* When used in simplex or via a stand-alone (or RF connected) repeater, there' | * When used in simplex or via a stand-alone (or RF connected) repeater, there' | ||
* When repeaters are linked together (via the internet), then it's close to IRLP. | * When repeaters are linked together (via the internet), then it's close to IRLP. | ||
* When when people use their own hotspots, then it's close to personal IRLP simplex nodes. | * When when people use their own hotspots, then it's close to personal IRLP simplex nodes. | ||
* Finally, there' | * Finally, there' | ||
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+ | ===== AREDN ===== | ||
+ | {{ is_it_ham_radio_5.png | ||
+ | So far I've only discussed voice modes so it might be tempting again to think this is an Analog / Digital divide. | ||
===== Conclusion ===== | ===== Conclusion ===== | ||
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"Is it ham radio?": | "Is it ham radio?": | ||
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- | * And isn't prescriptive of what other hams should do with the hobby. | + | - And has nothing to do with whether something is analog or digital. |
- | For me, it' | + | For me, the degree to which something is ham radio is only one of the factors that contributes to whether I'm interested in it or not; but it's not the only one: Currently, I'm not interested in investing hundreds of dollars into a DMR radio and a hotspot, but I'll give the (free) DroidStar app a try (since it's free). I'm also having lots of fun with AREDN even though I don't have an RF link setup yet. |
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