The Win System, check it out

[AudioShockwav]

http://www.winsystem.org/

This is an awesome project, many linked repeaters across Sothern, Central and Northern Ca.
My Boss at work allows me to carry My HT with me all day at work, and got a real kick out of it last week when I was sitting at my desk, talking to some school kids in england on my HT!!!! The WIN SYSTEM has the IRLP, or the Internet Radio Linking Project. This allows the WIN SYSTEM to connect to more than 1,000 Nodes throughout the world. These Nodes are connected to repeaters, and you can talk with hams literally around the world, on your handie-talkies. And, there are new Nodes popping up all over.
Here is a list of Active nodes right now, and if you click this link
http://status.irlp.net/
It will give you a snapshot of what is happining.
If you want to listen on-Line, here is a link to the Win System Streaming Audio.
http://www.winsystem.org/Downloads/Streaming_Audio/streaming_audio.html
There is about a 6 second delay from live audio on the radio, and what is heard on the air.

The IRLP system is very easy to use and is always a lot of fun. How else could you sit in your favorite easy chair with a handheld, and talk to a fellow ham in Australia. The most difficult thing about using the IRLP system is getting used to the difference between local time and the time zone of the other node.
Thanks go to Dave Griffith, NZ6D, for donating the computer used as the IRLP node on the WIN System. As well, thanks also go to Jon Kemper, KA6NVY, for supplying his skill and help with installation of the link radios and audio interface and IRLP Ron, VE6RGP, for putting together this document on the IRLP.

If you have a second, check it out.

73
Jeff

 

[KI4MSJ]

Seems like Echolink

 

[AudioShockwav]

Iti is not part of echo link, but it does use the internet to link radio to radio, not computer to computer......The moto of IRLP is "Keeping the Radio in Amateur Radio"

http://www.irlp.net/

The aim of this project is to reliably and inexpensively link amateur radio systems without the use of RF links, leased lines, or satellites.
The IRLP uses Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) custom software and hardware. Coupled with the power of the Internet, IRLP will link your repeater site or simplex station to the world in a simple and cost effective way.
IRLP operates a worldwide network of dedicated servers and nodes offering very stable worldwide voice communications between hundreds of towns and cities. All this with unsurpassed uptimes and the full dynamic range of telephone quality audio.

73
Jeff

 

[Geekster]

Interesting indeed.

I never tried the IRLP because I never had a PC that ran Linux (for long). I am looking into pindrivelinux, VMWARE and virtual pc programs. I used echolink and years ago I had a simplex node connected to two repeaters.

I am checking out the streaming audio for this project.

 

[C2]

This would be a lot less expensive if they would just put ethernet connectors on our radios.

Even better, integrate WiFi or WiMAX into our radios so we could get on a node at every $tarbucks.

That way, we could still call it radio.