{"id":83,"date":"2015-10-22T20:04:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2015-10-22T20:04:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:04:57","slug":"echolink-connection-links-w8umr-to-world-wide-web","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/club-projects\/echolink-connection-links-w8umr-to-world-wide-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Echolink Connection links W8UM\/R to World Wide Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.echolink.org\" target=\"_blank\">Echolink<\/a> is a system that links internet users to local amateur radio repeater systems. Such a web\/radio connection has many uses and interesting features. Recently, Pat WA4DSR has set up an Echolink system that connects the club&#8217;s 2m repeater W8UM\/R to the web. This has allowed stations far from Ann Arbor, MI to check in to the weekly UMARC 2m net via Echolink.<\/p>\n<p>A more permanent Echolink connection is planned to connect the W8UM station (in the EECS building) to the W8UM\/R repeater site (in the Dennison building on Central Campus) via a 440 MHz RF link. All of the equipment has been purchased, but much help is needed to assemble and configure the hardware and software.<\/p>\n<p>By participating in this exciting project you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about terrestrial radio communication links<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to assemble and configure the hardware and software of such a system, including radio transceivers, antennas, and interfaces<\/li>\n<li>Help build an important addition to the W8UM station, allowing remote users to easily communicate with local Ann Arbor amateur radio operators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in participating in this project, contact <a href=\"mailto:cgalbrai@umich.edu\">Chris KA8WFC <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echolink is a system that links internet users to local amateur radio repeater systems. Such a web\/radio connection has many uses and interesting features. Recently, Pat WA4DSR has set up an Echolink system that connects the club&#8217;s 2m repeater W8UM\/R to the web. This has allowed stations far from Ann Arbor, MI to check in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sc.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/84"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umarc.eecs.umich.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}