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What is WIRES-X?
Terminology
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Node
Radio repeater connected to the Internet via a PC, which repeats communications of
conventional stations as an access point
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Local node
Node within the radio communication range of a conventional amateur radio station
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Analog node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater using the conventional analog FM format
and can only repeat DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequencies) codes and analog audio
transmissions/receptions
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Digital node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater compatible with digital communications in C4FM
(Continuous 4 level FM) format. With this type of node, you can communicate using
audio voice, and also text and image data transmissions. You can also repeat DMTF
codes and analog audio transmissions.
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Station
Station
WIRES
server
HRI-200
PC
PC
Internet connection
HRI-200
As long as local nodes are
linked to each other, stations
can communicate with each
other by connecting to
a local node