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+# PLNK: a GONK project
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+[![Build Status](https://ci.repo.radio/api/badges/Gonk/PLNK/status.svg)](https://ci.repo.radio/Gonk/PLNK)
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+PLNK is a containerized, config auto updating, distributable asterisk server for use in the gonk amateur radio VOIP system.