[arm-allstar] "Call CQ" Feature for AllStar

[David McGough]

I guess my question is: Why does AllStar need this feature??

Why not just use an Echolink client to connect to other Echolink 
stations who are calling CQ??  Is this feature realistically useful? ..Or, 
just a passing fad?

Implementing this feature isn't as simple as just picking random 
registered nodes from the rpt_extnodes file or similar!  Many AllStar hubs 
already won't allow general echolink connections due to the "drive-by" 
problems with echolink nodes that quickly and randomly connect and 
disconnect. Providing a new AllStar "feature" to easily allow AllStar 
"drive-bys" won't make happy users (including me)!

Properly implementing an AllStar "calling CQ" feature might be implemented
via a cloud-based database which constantly maintains a pool of users
"calling CQ," which others could then connect to.  Probably this wouldn't
be too hard to implement, but again, I question the realistic usefulness. 
And, whether it's a passing fad.


73, David KB4FXC


On Sat, 8 May 2021, "Chris Smart via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> I'll repeat his question. 😉


"Would this be a difficult feature to implement in AllStar?"


On 2021-05-08 2:10 p.m., "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> John,
>
> No, this feature isn't currently available in AllStar.
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
> On Sat, 8 May 2021, "john M. via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
> With a recent update to EchoLink software, a new feature has been
> added—“Call CQ”. This is a very nifty feature. More info on the feature
> can be found at: https://secure.echolink.org/cq.htm
>
> I really like this feature, because it gives folks who do not have
> access to the HF bands (for whatever reason) the experience of working
> random stations. This experience is just not the same when done through
> a hub or reflector.
>
> I am wondering…does a similar feature currently exist in AllStar? If
> not, would this be a difficult feature to implement in AllStar? Without
> knowing a lot about the internals of AllStar, I can speculate on how to
> do this, but do not know if it would work from a technical perspective.
>
> 73,
>
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