0 First Echolink QSO

Well I finally got to use Echolink the other day. I was going to the Skywarn day at the National Weather Service and the talk in was on 70cm. The only 70cm rig I have is an HT and I could hear the repeater but I could not make it. I had heard another QSO on Echolink so I pulled out the Iphone and gave it a shot. Fired up the App and connected to the machine. I heard my callsign come back on the HT and hit the mic button on the phone. It worked really well and before anyone says it, I consider this a real QSO via RF. My phone transmits RF and my contact WD5M on the other side was using a radio.

I guess the moral of this story is I need a 70cm mobile rig.


73's
Jon N5JLD