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EVENINGS WITH JUST A FEW OF THE REGULARS IN ATTENDANCE.  ON ONE SUCH
EVENING WE BEGAN TOSSING AROUND IDEAS FOR INCREASING THE NETS WEEKLY
NUMBERS, AND GARYS ECHOLINK PITCH SEEMED LIKE A GOOD SOLUTION.  WE DID,
HOWEVER, WONDER HOW IT WOULD WORK WITH SSB SINCE WE WERE FAMILIAR ONLY WITH
ITS APPLICATION FOR LINKING FM REPEATER SITES.  STARTING UP ON ECHOLINK TO
GET THINGS STARTED WE REQUIRED A LINK NODE THE LINK NODE BRIDGES RF TO THE
INTERNET.  WITHIN THE MILLENNIUM NET CORE GROUP, GARY HAD THE ONLY ECHOLINK
EXPERIENCE SO HE GOT THE TASK OF BUILDING IT.  MIKE, NJ2BA, AND I, WHO
ALTERNATE AS NET CONTROL, USED THIS TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH BASIC
ECHOLINK OPERATION.  WE WENT THROUGH THE USUAL RITUAL TO INSTALL THE
FREEWARE, MAKE AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS ON THE ECHOLINK TEST SERVER AND GET
COMFORTABLE WITH THE USER INTERFACE.  WHEN MIKE MADE THE FIRST CONTACTS
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SM5CAK/356 EA5AD/340 N6KK/341 EA3ALD/344 SM4SET/337 K2TV/340 HB9RG/351
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