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== Uses ==
Radio amateurs using the EchoLink software can operate it in one of two modes:
*'''Single User Mode.''' If they have an Internet-connected computer, they can use the computer's microphone and speakers to connect to (or through - see below) other EchoLink-enabled computers over the Internet and talk to the amateur at the other end.
*'''Sysop Mode.''' This entails connecting their own [[Very high frequency|VHF]] or [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] transceiver to their Internet-connected PC with a simple homemade or manufactured radio-PC digital mode interface. Doing this enables another radio amateur with their own transceiver, who is within radio range of this station, to communicate with (or through) any other EchoLink-equipped station anywhere in the world. This is the unique feature of EchoLink.

Radio amateurs without the EchoLink software or a computer connected to the Internet can take advantage of the EchoLink network if they are within radio range of a sysop mode EchoLink station. It is also possible to link a sysop mode EchoLink station to a local [[Amateur radio repeater|repeater]], further enhancing the communication possibilities.