Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
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Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#2Coolest thing I've seen for a smartphone in a while, and definitely the coolest for Android
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#3This would be amazing for backcountry communication - e.g when backpacking with a large group.
Is there any way to enable this for iOS?
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#4I always ask myself why no any cellphone producer is making a phone with 2m/70cm capabilities.
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#5Very neat project. How are you dealing with FCC certification?
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#6Very neat project. How are you dealing with FCC certification?
Even in Germany, hams are allowed to build their own transceivers. I can't imagine the FCC being more strict than that.
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#7Very neat project. How are you dealing with FCC certification?
Even in Germany, hams are allowed to build their own transceivers. I can't imagine the FCC being more strict than that.
Yes, the whole point of having a ham license is the permission to build and use your own equipment.
The compromise vs "buy some spectrum for 8 trillion dollars" is that you can't use ham radio for commercial (or musical) purposes.
Re: Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
#8This would be amazing for backcountry communication - e.g when backpacking with a large group. Is there any way to enable this for iOS?
I wonder how good the range would be. I was thinking that even if I didn't have the appropriate license, having something like this in a pocket on my backpack would at least give me one more signaling option in an emergency. I could deal with the fines later.
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#9I like speech recognition as a feature. Do any other handheld transceivers have this yet?
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#10I always ask myself why no any cellphone producer is making a phone with 2m/70cm capabilities.
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