-=> 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?   
      
   There's a few devices that have the vocoder in a useable form - the DV Dongle,   
   the DV-RPTR board (AMBE was an option in earlier model, think built in later   
   on), there's also another one or two devices that I can't recall the name of.    
   Cost is typically between $100 and $200, depending which device you buy.   
      
    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. :-)   
      
   I prefer to use the Raspberry Pi these days.  Old computers are too expensive   
   to run. :)   
      
      
   ... And now to the weather. Its zero outside. No temperature at all.   
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