VX-8R Symbol/SSID (Was Re: [aprssig] Yaesu VX-8R)
Scott Miller
scott at opentrac.org
Tue May 20 16:30:50 EDT 2008
Yikes - I saw a couple of those on people at Dayton and I was wondering
what they were going for.
I had my own version hiding way down at the far end of the booth, with
no display, and I don't think anyone noticed it. It's just a mock-up
for now, a SiRFStar III receiver and Sarantel Geohelix SMP antenna
crammed into an old Radio Shack mic. I can fit an OT1+ in there too,
but the real problem is power.
Getting a custom housing made with a battery compartment would be an
expensive proposition, and at least for SAR use a self-powered GPS mic
without field-replaceable batteries is unacceptable. At least I have
the equipment now to fabricate prototypes, but not the mechanical design
ability. It's something I'll be playing with as I have time, though.
Scott
N1VG
K7FTP wrote:
>> The GPS will be in the external mic that connects to the Yaesu.
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> That is nice, but we looked into the Icom DSTAR HT with the same type of
> setup, and you are into it for about $1K after the HT and the
> GPS/spkrmic. I wonder what the combo will cost for the Yaesu? Nice for
> cable and storage, but $$$$$.$$
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