The *NEWSLINE* Radio over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system automatically plays back the ARNewsLine audio for EchoLink, IRLP and Allstar Amateur Radio VoIP systems. The home page for ARNewsLine is at www.arnewsline.org. The ARNewsLine is usually updated weekly on Thursday.
If you have questions about this VoIP audio service, please send an E-mail to WD5M@arrl.net
EchoLink nodes may connect to the conference *NEWSLINE* node number 6397.
IRLP nodes may connect to experimental IRLP node number 0016. IRLP node owners must enable experimental node access by editing the custom/environment file to include the line:
export ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_NODES=YES
Allstar nodes may connect to node 516228 to hear ARNewsline audio. Each incoming connection should hear the complete ARNewsline audio without sharing the audio with other nodes. Each incoming node connection is automatically muted from sending audio to 516228 and other connected nodes.
The *NEWSLINE* audio playback transmission will start automatically upon connecting. Playback transmission will pause about 10 seconds every 120 seconds to avoid transmitter timeouts and to allow station ID or local conntrol operator commands. We suggest setting your local transmitter time out (TOT) to 180 seconds. After each playback pause, playback may rewind about 3 seconds upon resuming to avoid loosing interupted audio. When audio playback is complete the connection is automatically dropped. Users may disconnect at any time.
Although nodes should automatically be disconnected when the audio news completes, monitor your connection and disconnect your node if necessary.
No conferencing or communication is provided between connected nodes. Each connected node hears a seperate copy of the audio stream. Echolink connections utilize the GSM CODEC. IRLP and other connections default to the uncompressed or u-law CODEC.
This *NEWSLINE* system was original created by Skip Hansen, WB6YMH. Skip developed both theBridge and theLinkbox VoIP conferencing and linking software. Here is a bit of trivia. The EchoLink node number 6397 was picked by Lee N7LD because it spells "NEWS" on a touch tone pad. That is if you still have a legacy phone which showed letters above the digits! The *NEWSLINE* EchoLink conference became available in 2008. The IRLP experimental node 0016 was announced in February 2009.
Also see the *ARRLNEWS* VoIP system.
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