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

[john M.]

1. I did not go into more details in my original post, as I assumed that 
anyone who had any interest or concerns would take 2 minutes to read the 
link that I provided in my post, which details how the feature works in 
EchoLink.


2. I was not suggesting linking between AllStar and EchoLink, but 
between AllStar users only.


3. For MANY reasons, there are hams with licenses that provide for HF  , 
but they cannot have HF stations due to their living situations, etc. It 
is not always as easy as just upgrading your license.


4. I never suggested that this feature would randomly connect to any 
AllStar nodes. That is certainly not the direction that I would have 
even guessed that the suggestion would be taken in. Who would want that? 
Not me.



On 5/8/2021 2:17 PM, "James R. Pilgram via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> And we here on our network in Hawaii prefer you didn't implement it! 
> If you want to call CQ, Upgrade to General or Extra Class and call CQ 
> in the HF bands.
>
> 73 & Aloha
>
> Jim NH6HI
>
> On 5/8/21 8:10 AM, "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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