Greetings Holger!   
      
    HG> In a message dated 09-01-14, Kent Timm said to Roy Witt:   
      
    KT>> EchoLink is a VOIP program for hams only.  You can use it to connect   
    KT>>  repeaters, or person to person, conferences, or links from echolink   
    KT>> to RF with a radio that setup with a pc to computer audio   
    KT>> interface. Some people frown on it saying it's not "true radio", but   
    KT>> I think if you like using it, it's all good.   
      
    HG> NO, EchoLink or echo link is NOT amateur radio. It's only for people   
    HG> that aren't capable of advancing their license status.   
      
   That's not what I'm seeing on EL...there are Extra Class licensees on it   
   as well as some whose calls seem like beginners. Also, there are those   
   who're using an APP on there phones that give them 'portable' operation   
   and as we know, cell phones use our airwaves.   
      
      
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