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FROM HIS PC THROUGH A LOCAL 2 METER FM REPEATER, I MONITORED ON A SCANNER.
WE WANTED TO EXPERIENCE HOW ECHOLINK CONTACTS DIFFERED FROM THOSE CONDUCTED
OVER 100 RF, BUT WE FOUND NO DIFFERENCE.  I WAS ALSO IMPRESSED WITH THE
CLARITY OF MIKES AUDIO HIS VOIP STREAM SOUNDED GREAT ON MY SCANNER, AND
MIKE WAS SIMILARLY PLEASED WITH THE AUDIO HE WAS HEARING THROUGH HIS PC
SPEAKER.  A FEW HOURS OF PLAY CONVINCED US THAT ECHOLINK CREATES A MARRIAGE
BETWEEN RF AND THE INTERNET THAT IS PRACTICALLY TRANSPARENT.  THIS IS WHAT
WE WERE LOOKING FOR.  KEEPING THE NET FOCUSED ON THE CHECK INS AND THEIR
COMMENTS, RATHER THAN ON THE TECHNOLOGY, WAS AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE FOR US
HERE WE GAINED CONFIDENCE THAT WE COULD INTEGRATE ECHOLINK INTO THE
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