Sitting in the shack, winding the VFO looking through all the HF bands
there’s almost no DX on any band.
With the sun spot activity at an all
time low, imagine a virtual ionosphere that suffers none of the conventional
difficulties that radio hams around the world face trying to work DX stations with
no propagation!
The solution to this age old problem has finally been found! And it’s called
Cq100.
Cq100 uses the internet to receive audio signals from a ham radio
transmitting station, then instantly reflects the audio back to all stations
listening on that frequency. There is no RF.
Everything is done over the internet.
The result is a virtual ionosphere for worldwide amateur radio communication.
Stations can use voice, CW PSK and FSK modulation.
How does all this work?
Cq100 works with dialup, ADSL and cable internet connections. There is no
need to configure router ports.
The network consists of an array of internet
servers which provide streaming VOIP audio between stations.
After installing
the transceiver software, cq100 stations are connected to a central server by
a single, outbound TCP connection.
Cq100 is excellent software, that gives you a control interface on your pc
that looks and feels like a hf radio in a VOIP world, it even has a VFO to
spin!
Take the time to have a look at QSONET.com for information and download a
free trial of the cq100 software.
It is absolutely free to use for 90 days
to see if you enjoy it. And you can download it at QSONET.com
