Its acronym IRLP also knows the Internet Radio Linking Project. The function of IRLP is that it links the radio stations across the globe that are amateur. It uses VoIP, also called Voice over IP. Every gateway is composed of a specific number of computer software that is in connection with the radio. This type of arrangement constitutes the IRLP node. The motto is ‘Keeping the radio in amateur radio’. The operators of amateur radio who are present within the specific range of a node are capable of using the DTFM node.
This way, a connection between the nodes can be established. The node number is composed of 4 digits that are given to each node. This number is somewhere in between 1000 and 8999. The first three digits in the number represent the reflector number. The last digit is representative of the channel. An actual list where all the available nodes can be searched is accessible at IRLP Network. According to 2019 research, there are more than 1500 active nodes available. According to data from 2007, there are almost 20 reflectors that are operating.
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History of Internet Radio Linking Project
The inventor of this IRLP was David Cameron. He was born in Vancouver. He went to the University of BC for education. During 1990, he manufactured his primary and initial repeater. Along with it, he also built a computer-based repeater controller. Initially, three nodes got installed in 1997. These nodes were operated by using Windows Operating System OS along with an installed iPhone. Cameron found some problems in the software. Therefore, after running that for half a year, he decided to build the nodes again and start from the beginning.
At that time, the software of Linux OS and Speak Freely were tested for the very first time. During November 1998, the VE7RHS was installed for the first time in Gage Towers, Vancouver, British Columbia by using Linux. Within a few days, the node VE7RVN became online. From that point onwards, there were no problems regarding the functioning of the nodes. This way, a path was paved for the growth of IRLP. New nodes began to launch all over Canada. After that, the same happened in the United States and the whole world.
The node numbers were composed initially of a three-digit number. However, its extensive expansion, there arose the need for the addition of an extra digit. This happened in 2002. A trailing zero was added to the nodes that were already existing at that time. For instance, if the old number of a node was 425, it became 4250. Most of the reflectors that were already existing were changed to 10 channels. Such types of reflectors were called super reflectors. Gradually, the word super also diminished.
Contact Details
official website: https://www.irlp.net/
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