how to link echolink stations automatically

#HOW TO LINK ECHOLINK STATIONS AUTOMATICALLY FULL#

I don't mind helping or answering anybody's questions so long as you first attempt to find the information on your own. Below is the link you could have found by reading my other post or simply using the forums search box at the top of the page. As well this forum has a topic dedicated to just this. I would suggest you go back an read whats already been posted as your question has been answered already. The MyGMRS network is repeaters as they are more useful. Asterisk is the same system that is being used to link GMRS repeaters using the network here at MyGMRS or one of the other GMRS networks that has been set up. Most of the HAM linking systems are based on Asterisk using the Allstar network. You are asking the same question that this entire topic is about, I have also provided an answer to your question and here it is again.

Due to the simplicity I have several more RTCM / MRT2000 combos ready to go I just need to fined a few more tower sites with internet.Ĭan we converse on GMRS via the internet like Echolink for Hams?

#HOW TO LINK ECHOLINK STATIONS AUTOMATICALLY FULL#

These machines are worth every penny, its not 2 mobiles in a box its a true full duty cycle, commercial grade repeater. We are using the RTCM and MTR at 6 sites with a stand alone MTR at a 7th and could not be happier. The MTR2000 repeater can be configured to work with the RTCM rather simply using the repeaters wire-line card to handle the audio and the 96 pin J5 connector to pull ctcss, core, ptt and power. Along the way I found a company that was able to build a custom cable for interfacing the MTR2000 with the RTCM, it provides a reliable solution that's repeatable and works flawless. Its not as hard as it sounds, Rich from MyGMRS was a huge help, you can also find a linking thread in the private section here. Things like usage counters and the visual map show links with red lines as well as what site is transmitting by changing its marker from green to red, all of this in real time. By entering commands in Asterisk or using DTMF, links to other systems can be connected or disconnected on the fly. This local node also allows us access to the MyGMRS national linking network hosted by the owner of this site. Our group hosts its own local node server ( Asterisk running on a raspberry pi 3) with 6 repeaters connected to it. The interfacing with the RTCM is rather simple, I went with the MTR2000 repeater for reliability, full duty cycle and used market availability. I chose the RTCM for its single unit design and application specific properties. I have not used any of the other hardware so I wont touch on that. Cheaper hardware solutions vs the RTCM are available but require other configuration. We are using Asterisk as the server (running on a raspberry pi 3) and the RTCM made by micro-node. How do you get in on this network? And are these point-to-point links, or some kind of national or regional network? But, that is no more than an adage and has no real basis in fact. There is a common saying that there are two systems of law: those where anything not prohibited is allowed, and those where anything not allowed is prohibited. Connecting GMRS stations over the PSTN (regardless of how it is delivered) is prohibited.Īlso, I’d note, there is no such Constitutional principle. Bottom line, connecting GMRS stations over the Internet is not prohibited. However, it can also carry PSTN directly and/or you can also carry PSTN over IP (VoIP). DSL is generally used to transport Internet (*IP) services. This was probably to avoid competition with the Phone companies and RCCs.ĭSL is a transport layer service.

The clear intent of the FCC regulation is to prohibit phone patches. I think it is well accepted that POTS is equivalent to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). Per basic Constitutional principles, what isn't prohibited is permitted, so… Last time it had a published definition, though, the current global IP telephony system bore absolutely zero resemblance to the POTS network in question. POTS is defined nowhere in the Federal Register (any more). The PRS reforms have eliminated the exemptions - GMRS may not be interconnected with POTS. Recent FCC opinions, since superseded by the PRS reforms, have said 'Yes, but only if you don't get your internet from DSL'.

FCC regs specifically prohibit linking GMRS with POTS.

How to link echolink stations automatically