K3ARS - Kent Amateur Radio Society
Kent County - Chestertown, MD
 
 
Bob Lovell KB3ENU   •  President
  


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ECHOLINK

           
 Welcome to the information page for the K3ARS Echolink®  internet gateway, located in Chestertown, on the Eastern  Shore of Maryland USA.

 EchoLink® is a Windows based computer program that allows  licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one  another, using Voice-over-IP (VoIP)  technology.  The program  allows for worldwide connections.

 The K3ARS gateway is linked to a broadband ISP. You  can access the gateway through our 2 meter repeater on  147.375 MHz +,  using a PL of 156.7. The K3ARS node is 249466.

 Echolink® is configured to accept commands through the local  repeater using DTMF tones (Touch Tones). These commands  are used to enable or disable the link, or to connect or  disconnect a station. The following is a table of basic commands  to use on our Echolink® node.

Note: All of these commands must be preceded by a # (pound sign).

Command
Description
DTMF
Connect
Connects to a node on the Internet, based on its node number. The node number can be 4, 5 or 6 digits.
09nnnnnn
Random Conference
Selects an available conference server at random and tries to connect.
02
Random User
Selects an available single-user station at random and tries to connect.
03
Status
Announces the callsign of each station currently connected.
08
Disconnect
Disconnects the station that is currently connected. If more than one station is connected, it disconnects only the most recently connected station.
*
Disconnect
All
Disconnects all stations
**

To establish an Echolink connection, perform the following steps:

  1. It is recommended that you first identify your station on our repeater and that you are attempting an Echolink operation.

  2. You can determine if the Echolink gateway is operational by keying a "*" DTMF tone. The gateway node will respond with status information.

  3. Key the four or five digit station code for the station or repeater that you wish to link to or select one of the random link choices.

  4. If the link was successful, after a few seconds delay, the Echolink node will respond with a "Connected" message. If the link was not successful, key a "#" to disconnect the gateway node.

  5. Following a successful connection, announce your presence on the linked node by calling CQ, etc.

  6. During a QSO using linked repeaters, let our repeater tail completely drop before transmitting to avoid any timeout problems.

  7. 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.