At 11/19/2007 06:50, you wrote: >Our local IRLP systems would be repeatedly disconnected by IRLP sysops >when non-related subjects came up. And these subjects were not >controversial, but more like how the beach was that day. It was discouraging.
Chances are you were connected to a reflector channel that was topic-specific. For example 9255 is used specifically for balloon flights & discussions. I personally find Echolink totally useless while on travel. Too hard to find nodes because the locations aren't properly cataloged. Bob NO6B