44net uses - 44net

22 Dec 2024

Every year IRLP hosts a QSO party on New Years Eve. This is an informal gathering with no
net control station.  This is now largely conducted over 44net. The destination reflector
(conference) in Australia and a large part of the IRLP infrastructure are on 44net address
space. We have five central servers performing all authentication services and software
updates. Four (out of five) are on 44net addresses.

We also have issued over 500 VPN clients for Linux, so many of our member repeaters are
also on 44net.

While use of 44net is not required, IRLP is grateful and truly appreciates the use of the
address space! If you have an IRLP node in your area, anyone here is welcome to join in.

Below is the announcement sent to all of our IRLP owners. 

...

 New Year’s Eve Around the World QSO Party, Reflector 9600 (Sydney), Tuesday, December
31.

 The nineteenth annual New Years Eve Around the World QSO Party will again be held on
Reflector 9600 in Sydney, Australia. The party gets under way officially at 10:30 UTC
(05:30 US eastern) Tuesday, December 31.  It continues (officially) until 10:30 UTC
Wednesday January 1.  I say “Officially” because you are welcome to connect much earlier
than that (now if you want) and stay as long as you like.  

 This is a casual informal party with no net control or designated operators anytime
during the event.  Simply stop in, greet your friends, make new ones and simply enjoy
yourself as the New Year wends its way around the planet, beginning in New Zealand 11:00
UTC (Dec-31) and ending in Hawaii at 10:00 UTC (Jan-1).

 This is an IRLP only event. Please resist the temptation to bridge folks in from other
networks just because it sounds like fun. Instead, invite your local friends over to your
repeater or encourage them to use a local resource to join in. 

 Auld lang syne!

 Dave K9DC, K9IP 

— 
Dave K9DC, K9IP