Hi Festus,
I dey fine. It is good to have an alternative receiver like the Echolink with the Abracadabra card but I will not advise you to discard your strong receiver completely. One thing you should know is that in time to come, the Abracadabra of Echolink will fizzle out and be rendered useless just as the Coco Mcr is suffering the same fate now. By then manufacturers of Echolink and Abradabra card would have made their profit.
You know these companies producing receivers and the satellite broadcast operators are always liaising with one another on how best to keep their market going. Don't you know that even some members of the sat forum could be employees of the broadcast companies? My advise to you is you may buy the Echolink, but keep you Strong. It is cheap, flexible and easy to maintain.
I dey fine. It is good to have an alternative receiver like the Echolink with the Abracadabra card but I will not advise you to discard your strong receiver completely. One thing you should know is that in time to come, the Abracadabra of Echolink will fizzle out and be rendered useless just as the Coco Mcr is suffering the same fate now. By then manufacturers of Echolink and Abradabra card would have made their profit.
You know these companies producing receivers and the satellite broadcast operators are always liaising with one another on how best to keep their market going. Don't you know that even some members of the sat forum could be employees of the broadcast companies? My advise to you is you may buy the Echolink, but keep you Strong. It is cheap, flexible and easy to maintain.