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I think I'd go with Meshtastic, the whole thing could be $100. For real HAM, what's the expensive part? I'm seeing lots of $250 and under transceivers with a
by eternityforest 2y ago
I think I'd go with Meshtastic, the whole thing could be $100.
For real HAM, what's the expensive part? I'm seeing lots of $250 and under transceivers with a PC interface. $18 link cable, $40 Pi clone, free software, your choice of antenna.
- jvanderbot 2y agoMeshtastic is a data link but isnt a general purpose radio/transceiver. The problem is there isn't as far as I can tell a general purpose VHF+UHF radio that can be connected to typical antenna rigs that can also be operated over LAN. At least not for less than $1500
- eternityforest 2y agoLots of cheaper HF stuff like the G106 can be controlled, and there seems to be one or two CAT VHF/UHF radios you can find used for less. Any Baofeng can be connected to a raspberry Pi with a soundcard and a few passives, it can't be tuned but it can send and receive audio on a manually configured channel, and you can use multiple at once if there's only a few channels of interest in your area. A HackRF and some filtering and an amplifier will work, it might not be the best quality audio, but we've got AI enhancement now so that's not the worst thing. Might be able to get this thing: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-twr-plus https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-twr-plus to do what you want without too much trouble. And of course, for RX only there's RTLSDR.