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</head><body><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The AMRAD Technet is a group of amateurs who get together weekly, </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">on Tuesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time, to discuss club doings and</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">technology in general. Lately there has been considerable discussion of</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">the new LF bands that were recently allocated for amateur use in the U.S.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The net meets on Echolink, a network that includes on-the-air connections</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">as well as Internet connectivity. Connections on the air can be made to any</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">properly equipped repeater that is part of the net, and can be joined either</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">by connecting to one of these over the air or via the Net. For further details</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">on Echolink see <a href="http://www.echolink.org">www.echolink.org</a>. </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">While an amateur license is required, it is not necessary to hit any repeaters.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Connectivity can be provided by accessing a computer that is part of the net,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">and that is how the AMRAD net meets. Access is available using software </p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">provided via the echolink site, URL above, or via a free Android app available</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">from the Google Play Store. If you're going via Android, you might also want</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">to download an app called "Echolink Finder", which lets you locate active</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Echolink repeaters throughout the world. Any Iphone users out there care to</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">comment on whether a similar app is available for their hardware?</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You can also oin the group by connecting with the computer of Sandy Sanders,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">WB5MMB, who is now located in Texas. Any changes to this information will be</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">announced via the AMRAD mailing list.</span></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Like AMRAD meetings and the weekly Tacos luncheon, participation is open</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">to any licensed ham. (The "licensed" part is a restriction imposed by Echolink,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">not by AMRAD. You have to register with Echolink before you can use it.)</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So come one, come all, and join the conversation.</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">73,</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dick, W3HWN</p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p></body></html>