MB7ICL Echolink node in Clacton on Sea, Essex

Had a system crash on Saturday 12th July, Did a full system restall on 13th and all seems OK. Let me know if you get any problems

Echolink Node MB7ICL in Clacton on Sea, Essex

2m Gateway is now on air on 145.2125 CTCSS 110.9 "node number 381900"
MB7ICL is now on a 24/7 connection to the Ireland Server, So some of the commands have been removed

This is how it works with station "A" being the node in Clacton and station "B" any one of 1000's nodes round the world

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Equipment in use: Yaesu FT-7800, G3VFP Echolink MKIIIA Interface and a 3GHz Pentium with 1GB or ram (See Station Details)

The Echolink gateway will respond to the following commands using DTMF tones from the radio. The following is a list

of the commands and functions necessary to use a Echolink node. For a complete list of all commands, see Echolink Help.

The commands in red are all you need to know to get going

Command	Description	DTMF
Connect	Connects to a station on the Internet, based on its node number.	num
Disconnect	Disconnects the station that is currently connected. If more than one station is connected, disconnects only the most-recently-connected station.	#
Disconnect All	Disconnects all stations.	##
Reconnect	Re-connects to the station that most recently disconnected.	09
Status	Announces the callsign of each station currently connected.	08
Play Info	Plays a brief ID message. (will only work if not connected to another node)	*
Say the time	This will say the time of the computer clock	123

To get you going, here is a few node "shortcut" DTMF numbers to try:

Node Callsign	Node / Link / Server information	DTMF


MB7IDA-L	Local 2m Link node in Danbury (near Chelmsford) home page	930
MB7IIP-L	Local 2m Link node in Ipswich home page	931


VK7AX-L	2m Link node in Tasmania (Tony VK7AX) Click to link to his site	921
KB2JOE-L	2m Link node in Long Island, NY, USA	922
VK7HDM-L	2m Link node in Hobart, Tasmania (Danny VK7HBM) Click to link to his site	923

For a list of nodes on line now with their numbers and their status click here

To establish a Echolink connection, perform the following steps:

It is recommended that you first listen for a while to see if the node is in use "remember it will be a simplex node" so you may not be hearing both sides.
Optionally, you can determine if the Echolink gateway is operational by keying a "*" DTMF tone. The gateway node will respond with status information.
Key the four or five digit station code for the station or repeater that you wish to link to.
After a few seconds delay, the Echolink node will respond with a "Connected" message if the link was successful. If the link was not successful, key a "#" to disconnect the gateway node.
Following a successful connection, announce your presence on the linked repeater by calling CQ, etc.
If asked you are connected to Echolink via MB7ICL link node and the node number is 381900. This will allow them to get back to you at a later date if needed (it is good practice to give this info)
At the end of the QSO, disconnect the link by keying a "#" DTMF tone. The Echolink gateway will respond with confirmation that the link has been disconnected.

If you have any comments, signal reports or questions please Email Me

I am adding features to the node all the time. Anything you would like added ? Let me know.

G0HWC

Many thanks to Kevin 2E1HAQ & Richard G7HJK from Costal Communications for help with the NOV

Echolink node MB7ICL

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