-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

 TL> There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an
 TL> AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the
 TL> vocoder is built in).

 JA> Is that expensive?

 TL> There's a few devices that have the vocoder in a useable form - the DV
 TL> Dongle, the DV-RPTR board (AMBE was an option in earlier model, think
 TL> built in later on), there's also another one or two devices that I
 TL> can't recall the name of. Cost is typically between $100 and $200,
 TL> depending which device you buy.

Right now I'm more concerned about getting something inside for inclement
weather - that sounds like a rag chew project for down the road. :-)

 JA> And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was
 JA> something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
 JA> a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

 TL> I prefer to use the Raspberry Pi these days.  Old computers are too
 TL> expensive to run. :)

I agree they cost more to run, but they cost NOTHING for me to aquire. :-)
I actually have several sitting not being used... I was loading Cloud Ready
on them to make 'chrome boxes' at work, but I ran out of places to use them
for people that wanted them. :-)


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