Oh, well, you should also know that it's a toggle, i.e. you press cmd- return to turn on transmit, then press agian to turn it off. Don't hold them down. Try dialing up my node, 17681. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:43 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hey Buddy, thanks for the shortcut. I didn't know about that, smile. > > Any other help you can give would be great. > > 73, VA7MAI > On 19-Oct-09, at 8:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Echomac does work nicely, with a couple caveats: >> >> 1) It isn't quite so forgiving of poorly configured or not configured >> routers. That is to say, you have to have ports 5198 and 5199 >> forwarded to your Mac for UDP traffic and 5200 forward for both TCP >> and UDP. Setting up as trigger ports is fine, but they need to be set >> in any case. Also, you should know that your push to squawk button is >> cmd+enter, and, as May said, the interface is not like the Windows >> version--but still usable for that. >> >> As for W4MQ; I haven't tried it, haven't looked at it too closely so >> couldn't say. >> -- >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >> >> >> >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 10:32 AM, John W. Carty wrote: >> >>> >>> Please let me know how you get along with echomac. >>> >>> I cannot afford a lot of radio equipment at the moment so internet >>> linking is my ham radio focus. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald >>> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: mac vs windows >>> >>> >>> Hi, I just found echomac and can say it does work and it's set up >>> very >>> differently from echolink. There's probably a way to change it so >>> it >>> looks like echolink but since I just got it yesterday I haven't >>> had a >>> chance to play around and figure out much yet. >>> >>> May, VA7MAI >>> On 19-Oct-09, at 6:30 AM, John W. Carty wrote: >>> >>>> Hello list, >>>> >>>> I've been a windows and windows screen reader user for some twenty >>>> years. I'm considering making the leap to a mac. >>>> >>>> I'm also a ham radio operator and I've just started getting into >>>> internet radio linking using echo link. >>>> >>>> There's an app called "echomac" which is a mac version of the echo >>>> link software. >>>> >>>> Has anyone used this application and have they compared it to the >>>> windows version? >>>> >>>> Also, using skype and an application called w4qm general license >>>> holders can access remote base stations and operate on the hf bands >>>> without owning a hf rig and antenna. >>>> >>>> Is there a mac equivalent for w4qm software? >>>> >>>> How does all this operate using voice over? >>>> >>>> Finally, does voice over provide for individual scripting? If not, >>>> how do you configure the screen reader top support new >>>> applications? >>>> >>>> Thanx, >>>> >>>> John Carty >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
