[HATS] Re: Ilink on the 146.60 repeater.

[cboone@earthlink.net]

One big problem is Ilink has security loopholes in it and can allow
ANYONE with a PC and a fake callsign to get on a radio connected node..
This is NOT what the FCC wants and certainly is outside the limits of
station control, etc as defined in all of Part 97...

ANYONE could go and install ILink on a PC, put in a fake call ..say like Riley's???, get up on a Ilink system and cause all sorts of problems...

The 29.6 10m FM rmt someone has on the Net is ridiculous...for one thing,
WHO is monitoring it??? (Part 97 rules require a control op to be in
CONTROL and MONITOR such a station at ALL times it is in use...)

IRLP on the other hand is radio to radio only..it does not allow
KB links into the system and is much more secure....it is truely an
amateur RADIO to RADIO only link......PLUS it runs on LINUX (how many times
does it crash compared to Windoze??? :)

Since it is a "wireline link" to other amateur RADIO systems (usually
rptrs!), there is less of a control op issue...(remote base vs rptrs are
different)

ILink in a private system to system connection with NO outside connections
would be fine for those wanting to use it....In fact I will be using IRLP
or Ilink to connect some of the TRS rptrs together this year.

Chris
WB5ITT
444.5 Beaumont
444.8 Conroe
444.3 Houston (changing to 100Hz PL this weekend)

BTW dont forget the Orange Hamfest a week from Saturday...talk in on 147.18
and 444.5

Fred Juch wrote:

> Have any of you Houston guys read the info in QST about the I-Link radio
> interface system? You install it in a PC on a cable modem or some such
> Internet connection and it will allow you to link a couple of repeaters
> over the Internet. Since I have a PC here running Internet mail services, I
> thought I would add one here in Round Rock, TX. My radio side will probably
> be 1.2 GHz for starters. I ordered my board today, and will probably have
> it running in only a year or two as my schedule works. But it is something
> to think about. Another option might be to get all the clubs with ATV
> repeaters to set up links tied to their repeaters some how. Maybe with
> video snippets (Webcam32.com) on the Internet.
>
> Just a thought,
> Fred Juch, N5JXO

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