Amateur Radio IRLP features in BBC World Service programme

The Amateur Radio Internet Repeater Linking Project gets a mention in the BBC World Service programme Digital Planet.

The IRLP item appears just after the piece on Google's Android mobile (cell) phone operating system.

Richard Leach, a UK Radio Amateur, had contacted the programme following an earlier item on Voice Over IP (VOIP) and he told them about the work that Radio Amateurs do with VOIP and mentioned how he'd spoken with Radio Amateurs in the Antarctic using VHF radio and IRLP.

The result was some useful publicity for Amateur Radio.

A podcast of the programme can be downloaded from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/digitalp/