The repeater systems are another story. Most that have connected have sounded terrible, and also, been a problem with keeping the system locked up with multiple repeater connections.

Recently, a repeater was connected that must have already been connected with two other repeaters, the control operator left it that way, and went to lunch. Trying to decipher what was going on was almost impossible.

In an effort to improve Echo Link traffic, and clean up the system, at the present time, We have disabled some of it's functions. We are not allowing any incoming connections from repeaters (-R), or link stations (-L) sites. We have also set a time out period to disconnect a station after 5 minutes of no repeater or Echo Link activity. Maximum Echo Link station key down time has been set to 5 minutes. There is no time limit set for a QSO, just for key down time, and no signal monitoring time.

The reason we limited time out, is because we have limited the incomming stations to 2 or less, so if a Echo Link user wants to monitor the repeater, and another one comes online, it will block any other incoming traffic.