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The
Internet Radio Linking Project in Raleigh The
KD4RAA Repeater Group-sponsored 146.775 /PL 88.5 repeater and
area UHF linked repeaters can link to hundreds of participating
repeater sites throughout the United States and around the
world. We are the first repeater system in North Carolina to
support a linking node into the IRLP
project. IRLP
uses Voice-Over-IP software and the Internet to link Amateur
Radio to the world. The system uses its own custom interface
board and software package, designed by Canadian ham, Dave
Cameron VE7LTD. It is important that you view the KD4RAA IRLP User Guide . There you will find definitions of IRLP terms and an operational guide to access our system. VoIP linked repeaters require that you pause a sec when you PTT before speaking to allow all of the links in the system to rise. To support the local IRLP effort you can obtain node access codes by subscribing to group's Supporting Member Form. Donation Policy Information is here. We
are proud to have added the Raleigh / East Coast Reflector 9210
to our system in 2001. The reflector allows participating nodes
to connect simultaneously and can be used not only for general
linking in the Carolinas but for Emergency Response, Severe
Weather Monitoring, Called Nets - regionally and
internationally, special events like the International Space
Station Contacts, Boy Scouts Jamboree Over the Air (JOTA) and
Educational Contacts to the McMurdo Science Station in
Antarctica and more. The National Hurricane Center uses
Reflector 9219 / Echolink WX Talk interoperability for hurricane
storm tracking, with net details at www.voipwx.net.
We now have a combined interoperability system with an IRLP/Echolink gateway on channel 9 (9219) of the Raleigh Reflector to facilitate a “one point of contact” with the NHC and other response agencies. Tony Langdon VK3JED has implemented some special code on the reflector to allow us to achieve this interoperability. Listening
note: When an IRLP connection is active, you'll hear courtesy
tone (beep) when local activity keys on the 146.775 repeater,
node 4260 . When you hear a tri- tone, that is activity coming
from the IRLP link side. |