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

[john M.]

Patrick,


I think that this can be done and would not be very difficult.

I can see it using the same model that EchoLink has used for their feature.

I would prefer to do this sort of thing with allstar instead of 
EchoLink, because I like using a radio instead of an app.


I hope that we have the chance to talk about this some time. I think 
that it would be a great project.


73

John


On 5/8/2021 2:16 PM, "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> No. I thought about writing something myself. Connecting to a random 
> node in rpt-extnodes would be pretty easy. The hard part is testing to 
> make sure any node you attempt to connect to has it's IAX port 
> forward-facing.
>
> IRLP also has a feature like this, IIRC.
>
>
> On 5/8/2021 2:00 PM, "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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