iQSO is the main information hub for the Solihull Interlinking Group that has a specific interest in Internet Linking and digital communications. The new group is a collaboration between Mark G4LCH & Dave G4DPZ plus a carefully selected close down & administration team for each system.

MB7IBG VHF Internet Gateway 

MB7IBG is currently being tested using a dummy load at its new loaction, we have detected an issue with the Carrier Detection System (COR) that we are working to resolve at this time, the new location in Solihull means that the system will have much better coverage than the previous location, the predicitons are telling us that is its predicted to have the best coverage in the midlands as its located at a high spot in solihull the looks down on Birmingham to the North and Coventry to the south. We have provided a predition map on the site. Ofcom have been alerted that we intend to commence gateway operations and the final piece is the erection of the antenna system and necessary checks for SWR and losses in the system, where possible these are reduced by using high qualify connectors and coax (LDF 450). A coverage map is available via the MB7IBG menu selection and a high resolution coverage prediction is available for download.

GB3UI UHF Analogue Repeater System 

GB3UI is currently off air at the moment due to a site move, we hope to restore service as soon as possible, GB3UI will take more time due to delays in Ofcoms repeater approval process, the ETCC will be of working hard to reduce any delays once the necessary forms are submitted.

England Conference (UPDATE)

The new England conference server has returned to service and has been adopted by the Echolink_Worlwide facebook group as their home conference server. You must be a member of facebook to access the link.

Using a new high spec commercial grade redundant server we are able to achieve much more than the previous england conference server ever did, The station count for example is a reflection of the link state, the quality of the server and importantly the real number of connections it could support.

There are limits associated with the original bridge software (not down to the bridge but the operating system) if you know linux / windows do the maths you will see what I mean (this is not for the faint hearted) you must know the operating system well understanding how memory addressing works !!!!! do a .ver on a conference this gives the game away .

This site wil be updated to show the system status and give details of the interesting projects we are working on at this time.