IRLP - A lot going on

Hunter Zhhao, BG7KLG is now active from Shenzhen, China. Node 3374. Shenzhen, is a city of 10.5 million people.

Hunter has moved the node from Michaels office W7RAT - to Hunter's own QTH. The long term plan is to build a dedicated repeater in Shenzhen for IRLP. With over 300 active hams in the area, activity should build up quickly.

Webin, who is professionally involved in 2 - way radio is also interested in building a new node in Zhuhai, a nearby city in Guangdong Province.

Frank Luan, a long time friend of Michaels is working on a node for Tianjin, a large city in North China, about a 2 hour drive from Beijing. Frank, an electrical engineer, is not presently licensed but will be shortly.

In the meantime an IRLP board, cable, software etc are on their way to Tianjin. With luck Franck will be on the air within 30 days. Frank speaks English, including colloquial English very well. Frank lives on the 16th floor of a 16-floor apartment building, so his simplex node will do a good job of covering Tianjin.

Michael says wouldn't it be great to use IRLP to report the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I'm also envisioning having a Chinese - lanuage channel on one of the reflectors so that Chinese cities can link there.

On a different note....Michael is seriously thinking of putting the Middle East, namely Israel on the IRLP map.
His daughter, Jeramie, KB7PIP will be staying there for about a year and she will try and find some Israeli hams who might be interested in IRLP.

IRLP - KEEPING THE RADIO IN AMATEUR RADIO

Sources: VK3JBO Graham...VK3KXW Roly
BASS AMATEUR RADIO IRLP GROUP NODE 6391

Other recent stories..

Other News Stories

• Get our news headlines for your website - click here
• Submit your news story - click here