HOP Goes VOIP
In this edition we learn the latest adventure in the World of HOP! So Hop has been hearing more and more about this program called Echolink. So he decides to give it a whirl. Builds the interface, donates a radio and computer. Strange? Hop thinks to himself. It Works! So the Hop's Echolink node is up and running. However ,occasionally there seems to be a issue with his node. Sometimes the 3.5 mm cables that are used in such a node come loose? This goes on for several weeks. every couple of days Hops node goes on the funk. Hope notices the cables are coming completely loose on some occasions while he's out of the shack. So Hop decides to put a video camera in view of the Echolink node for a few days to try and find out if anything HOP related is going on.
Sure enough after a few days of video. Hop finds the culprit a recent addition to the Hop family a W8CAT one of the kids had brought home from the street. The Video shows the Cat chasing a mouse. It seems the mouse has found warmth and comfort next to the power supply in the cold basement of Hop's home. Hence the Cat and Mouse Game.
Now Hop has a real Dilemma. Try a mouse trap or let the Cat catch the Mouse. Hop decides to try the mouse trap so he sets it up. He tells Mrs Hop to keep the Cat upstairs as he is trying to catch a mouse. She agrees. Several days go by. No mouse. Several more days go by. No Cat? Hop starts searching around for his feline friend. He finds the cat balled up in a heap in a clothes basket chewing on what resembled a mouse trap....It was later found out although Hop informed Mrs. Hop. No one informed the kids of the mouse trap plan...
In this edition we learn the latest adventure in the World of HOP! So Hop has been hearing more and more about this program called Echolink. So he decides to give it a whirl. Builds the interface, donates a radio and computer. Strange? Hop thinks to himself. It Works! So the Hop's Echolink node is up and running. However ,occasionally there seems to be a issue with his node. Sometimes the 3.5 mm cables that are used in such a node come loose? This goes on for several weeks. every couple of days Hops node goes on the funk. Hope notices the cables are coming completely loose on some occasions while he's out of the shack. So Hop decides to put a video camera in view of the Echolink node for a few days to try and find out if anything HOP related is going on.
Sure enough after a few days of video. Hop finds the culprit a recent addition to the Hop family a W8CAT one of the kids had brought home from the street. The Video shows the Cat chasing a mouse. It seems the mouse has found warmth and comfort next to the power supply in the cold basement of Hop's home. Hence the Cat and Mouse Game.
Now Hop has a real Dilemma. Try a mouse trap or let the Cat catch the Mouse. Hop decides to try the mouse trap so he sets it up. He tells Mrs Hop to keep the Cat upstairs as he is trying to catch a mouse. She agrees. Several days go by. No mouse. Several more days go by. No Cat? Hop starts searching around for his feline friend. He finds the cat balled up in a heap in a clothes basket chewing on what resembled a mouse trap....It was later found out although Hop informed Mrs. Hop. No one informed the kids of the mouse trap plan...