New e-mail group for internet linking project

A new e-mail group has been set up for UK and Irish radio amateurs interested in the Internet Radio Linking Project.

IRLP is a system devised by Canadian ham Dave Cameron, VE7LTD, to link amateur radio repeater systems and radio gateway nodes together.

The system is different from other internet linking techniques in that the only means of accessing the system is a by radio link, whether a repeater or simplex gateway.

IRLP is also highly secure and benefits from a higher quality audio transmission system and faster switching between transmission and reception modes. There are currently almost 60 IRLP nodes available in the UK and Ireland .

The new e-mail group was set up by Matt Beasant, G4RKY. He said the “idea behind the group is not to replace the excellent support system that the IRLP team already has in place but to provide a place where discussion of UK and Eire specific issues and ideas can take place”.

To subscribe to the UK IRLP e-mail group, either send an e-mail to: uk_irlp-subscribe@<no spam>yahoogroups.com

or visit the group's web page at groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_irlp/ .

For more information about the IRLP system, including a list of all the nodes in the world, visit the main IRLP website - www.irlp.net

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB