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Clients

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	** [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] is a universal chat client that supports IRC on Windows and Linux platforms		** [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] is a universal chat client that supports IRC on Windows and Linux platforms
	** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit] is a web-based client		** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit] is a web-based client
			** [https://quassel-irc.org/ Quassel IRC] is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework.

	==Logs==		==Logs==

Cmalton at 21:33, 2 March 2018

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	==Logs==		==Logs==
	Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmtechserv.co.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].		Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmtechserv.co.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].


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PhilBasford: updated log location

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updated log location

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	==Logs==		==Logs==
	Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.~~cmalton~~.me.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].		Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmtechserv.co.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].


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DavidNewman at 23:16, 15 February 2012

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	SUWS has two IRC channels		SUWS has two IRC channels
	* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/g3kmi #g3kmi]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#g3kmi\| ]] for Amateur Radio		* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/g3kmi #g3kmi]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#g3kmi\| ]] for Amateur Radio
	* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/sown #sown]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#~~sow~~\| ]] for SOWN and wireless networking		* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/sown #sown]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#sown\| ]] for SOWN and wireless networking
	There's usually somebody around at most times during the day to talk to in both of these channels.		There's usually somebody around at most times during the day to talk to in both of these channels.

DavidNewman at 14:49, 1 October 2011

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	** [http://www.mirc.org mIRC] is one of the most popular GUI clients available.		** [http://www.mirc.org mIRC] is one of the most popular GUI clients available.
	** [http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat] is also another good GUI client.		** [http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat] is also another good GUI client.

	~~==Logs==~~
	Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmalton.me.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].

	* '''Linux:'''		* '''Linux:'''
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	** [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] is a universal chat client that supports IRC on Windows and Linux platforms		** [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] is a universal chat client that supports IRC on Windows and Linux platforms
	** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit] is a web-based client		** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit] is a web-based client


			==Logs==
			Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmalton.me.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].


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	[[Category:Location]]		[[Category:Location]]

DavidNewman: Added log links

2011-10-01T14:47:37Z

Added log links

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	** [http://www.mirc.org mIRC] is one of the most popular GUI clients available.		** [http://www.mirc.org mIRC] is one of the most popular GUI clients available.
	** [http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat] is also another good GUI client.		** [http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat] is also another good GUI client.

			==Logs==
			Logs for #g3kmi are available [http://irc.cmalton.me.uk/logs/irc.zepler.net/g3kmi/ here]. Logs for #sown are available at http://www.sown.org.uk/irc/. More information about SOWN's IRC channel is available [[sown:IRC\|here]].

	* '''Linux:'''		* '''Linux:'''

DavidNewman at 23:17, 11 September 2011

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DavidNewman at 23:07, 11 September 2011

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	=== Emergency Backup IRC Server ===		=== Emergency Backup IRC Server ===
	In the event of a serious power or network failure rendering the IRC server inaccessible SUWS have delegated [irc://irc.freenode.net/g3kmi #g3kmi on irc.freenode.net] [irc://irc.freenode.net/sown #sown on irc.freenode.net] as the backup channels.		In the event of a serious power or network failure rendering the IRC server inaccessible SUWS have delegated [irc://irc.freenode.net/g3kmi #g3kmi on irc.freenode.net] and [irc://irc.freenode.net/sown #sown on irc.freenode.net] as the backup channels.

DavidNewman: Added page

2011-09-11T23:07:08Z

Added page

New page

SUWS uses Internet Relay Chat (IRC) as one of its main mechanisms for communicating with each other outside of meetings and other events.

== Connecting ==
SUWS has two IRC channels
* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/g3kmi #g3kmi]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#g3kmi| ]] for Amateur Radio
* '''[irc://irc.sown.org.uk/sown #sown]''' on '''irc.ecs.soton.ac.uk'''. [[title::#sow| ]] for SOWN and wireless networking
There's usually somebody around at most times during the day to talk to in both of these channels.

=== Emergency Backup IRC Server ===
In the event of a serious power or network failure rendering the IRC server inaccessible SUWS have delegated [irc://irc.freenode.net/g3kmi #g3kmi on irc.freenode.net] [irc://irc.freenode.net/sown #sown on irc.freenode.net] as the backup channels.

==Clients==
There are numerous IRC clients available. Below are some of the clients used by members of SUWS. If none of these suit, [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=irc+client irc client - Google Search] may be able to find you something better.

* '''Windows:'''
** [http://www.mirc.org mIRC] is one of the most popular GUI clients available.
** [http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat] is also another good GUI client.

* '''Linux:'''
** [http://www.irssi.org Irssi] is a powerful shell text based client that can be run in Screen (so you never miss a minute of conversation!)

* '''Mac OS:'''
** [http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy] is an open source GUI client for Mac OS X.

* '''Cross Platform'''
** [http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ ChatZilla!] is a good extension to XUL based applications, such as [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 FireFox]
** [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] is a GUI client that can be run on Linux, Windows (for a fee) and Mac OSX as well.
** [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] is a universal chat client that supports IRC on Windows and Linux platforms
** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit] is a web-based client

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