Friday, August 20, 2010

MARCO Grand Rounds debuts on Skype

On August 15, KM2L and N4TSC pioneered the use of Skype to disseminate MARCO Grand Rounds.

Jerry, N4TSC, lives too close to net control station KD4GUA in Florida to hear him. At Jerry's urging, Bruce, KM2L fed the net as heard at his QTH in New York into Skype and Jerry monitored the connection at home.

The Skype audio is delayed about 0.1 second compared with that received directly, so Jerry had to deal with that weirdness when listening to stations who were audible at both locations. As both operators climb the learning curve, the experience will improve.

Contact the editor of this blog if you are interested in participating.

-KM2L

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