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I don't tinker in that digital stuff, so someone more knowledgeable may correct me here. The way I see it, the main advantage of doing things with a radio instead of a phone (besides the fun) is cell phones are point to point. When I transmit, even through a echolink, many people can hear and reply.Knowing very little about Ham radios and not knowing the difference between a DiPole and a Yagi...
Doesn't the use of a Cell phone that requires a data connection defeat the purpose? I'm trying to understand the benefit.
Just asking...
Never had a chance to do Echolink <> Echolink connection. I can only assume the quality is better.
I don't tinker in that digital stuff, so someone more knowledgeable may correct me here. The way I see it, the main advantage of doing things with a radio instead of a phone (besides the fun) is cell phones are point to point. When I transmit, even through a echolink, many people can hear and reply.
We can check it. I just installed EchoLink and started the validation process. As soon as I'm validated we can go Echo to Echo to test.
. And you learn stuff along the way. That's a big part of ham radio. Always learning something new. And usually taking cool new Technologies and applying them to the hobby.... I do believe that using a computer and Internet connection defeats some of the purpose for using ham radio to begin with. But it's fun nonetheless.