[App_rpt-users] Subject: Re: 'inexpensive' radios for a local repeater

[geoffrey mendelson]

I have a different question. I'm not in the US, so buying a URI is out.

I Have the USB audio dongles and want to start cheaply. Does anyone have 
a cable diagram for using a USB dongle with something like the Baofeng 
radios? I'm only looking at it for a low usage node, so duty cycle is 
not a problem. I'm torn between connecting the radio(s) to the dongle 
directly or using an audio transformer in between. Any one have any 
experience using either?

The main use would be a set of allstar nodes to provide communication in 
emergencies between places hidden from the local repeater by hills, 
about a mile apart.

Also does anyone know if there has been any work on using a USB DVB-T 
dongle (aka poor man's SDR) as a receiver? They are really cheap and 
common here.

TIA and 73,

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.