Just had my first IRLP contact this evening. I tried the two Bartlesville links but no one was listening or was not brave enough to answer. I'll try those again sometime soon.
I linked (IRLPed?) with the OKC machine node #3761 and gave a shout. I must admit I was a little surprised when Mike, KE5EQD answered me. He was on his way to work and said he monitored the machine frequently. This is sponsored by the Aeronautical Aviation Center ARS (W5PAA) but he thought the repeater itself was near the Baptist Hospital. Someone more familiar with OKC might know where that is.
I am having a little trouble with terminology on this new (to me) mode as to what to call things - node, link, repeater, reflector or what. I'm sure I'll learn it all as I go. Kevin can probably help clear some of this up.
While I realize you can talk world-wide on this connection, I wanted to start a little closer to home so I would have some idea of who, what, when and where I was talking.
Pretty amazing! ... AR
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I did some exploring today and confirmed that I am not line-of-sight to Kevin's IRLP node. Gene, I am looking forward to hearing from you where you like to hang out on IRLP, what reflectors, so on and so forth. There are a lot of communities and clubs "on the air" with IRLP it seems. This concept of gluing them together with reflectors sounds interesting as well.
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