-=> Daryl Stout wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 DS> Jimmy,

 JA>I have echolink on my computer and on my phone. Have only played around
ith
 JA>it some, but was using it to talk to a guy in Alabama. He was sitting in a
 JA>parking lot waiting for the tire shop to open and was scanning local
epeate
 JA>Worked like a charm! He had no idea I wasn't 'there' until I told him how
 JA>I was connecting!

 DS>   Unlike with the computer, if you connect via a Smartphone, they don't
 DS> know you're there, unless you throw out your callsign.

He was not using echolink though - he was sitting in his vehicle talking
either mobile or HT (I don't remember now).

 DS>    Now, at the
 DS> computer, I see those who connect with a smartphone, but unless the
 DS> system announces the callsign of the ham who just linked in or
 DS> unlinked, you'll never know they are there.

Gotcha.

 JA>Understood. I was actually so busy with stuff last week that I didn't talk
 JA>hardly at all. I usually chat on the way home from work. There's been a
 JA>lot more activity in one of the towns near me. There's a weather net
 JA>every night and I check in when I can, but again have been out of pocket
 JA>at the right time. :-)

 DS>   With doing traffic nets each night, it helps me remember what day of
 DS> the week it is. :P

LOL - I would like to have more nets around me, since I like to run my mouth.
LOL


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