Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
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Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#21w seems a little limited? A cheap baofeng is 8w.
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#31w seems a little limited? A cheap baofeng is 8w.
Only on the paper, the real power is around 3/3.5W
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#41w seems a little limited? A cheap baofeng is 8w.
1w is usually okay and using 8w from a phone is probably way too much power demand
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#51w seems a little limited? A cheap baofeng is 8w.
Those cheap baofeng's are illegal to use where I live on most of the spectrum they can operate on. Illegal to press the talk button anyway.
So maybe the 1w is also a regulatory issue.
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#6This doesn't turn your phone into a ham transceiver at all.
It turns your phone into a transceiver controller.
Given that a cell phone is a transceiver, this headline is rather disappointing clickbait.
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#7This doesn't turn your phone into a ham transceiver at all. It turns your phone into a transceiver controller . Given that a cell phone is a transceiver, this headline is rather disappointing clickbait.
Agree.
We need a compact short wave transceiver device actually.
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#8This doesn't turn your phone into a ham transceiver at all. It turns your phone into a transceiver controller . Given that a cell phone is a transceiver, this headline is rather disappointing clickbait.
Agree. We need a compact short wave transceiver device actually.
Baofeng is 20 dollars? How much cheaper and compact do you need?
And I know, I know, Baofengs are notorious for going over the allowed noise limits… but still…
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agree. We need a compact short wave transceiver device actually.
Baofeng is 20 dollars? How much cheaper and compact do you need? And I know, I know, Baofengs are notorious for going over the allowed noise limits… but still…
Baofeng's are not shortwave radios afaik
Re: Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
#10Is it so difficult to have schematics and pcb exported as PDF so that people do not need to fire up KiCAD to view the stuff?