-=> 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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