RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?

[Cliff Matthews]

IEEE Spectrum did a hands-on review a couple of days ago. http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/hands-on-a-ham-radio-for-makers
Is this a good way for Nubies to start ham Radio?

[voltz]

Great!. But would like to see SSB.

There's a massive interest in Arduino and Raspberry Pie shields right now, this one is very cool indeed. I think i want one just to play with

[GreyWoolfe]

It might be fun to play with but there are much cheaper ways to test the waters.  The shield is $90 USD and only puts out a 1/4 watt.  I just picked up at the Orlando Hamcation, a Baofeng UV-82 dual band handie-talkie for $40.  It's bigger than the UV-5R+ and fits my hand very nicely.  Even does broadcast FM receive so I can listen to my favorite radio station.

[AF6LJ]

That's Cool... I see a small APRS radio.......

[cdev]

It's a conventional three band rig on a PC board?

[dennisandersen73]

For a new radioamateur that would depend of several factors.
Such as programming skills
soldering skills
patience
amount to spend on .200mW transceiver
amateur licens category (in Denmark the entry level licens does not grant access to homebrewed equipment)
the level of frustration when it doesn't work

some might love the challenge while others might hate it and be scared away.

but nice little board.

[nealz]

Looks cool ill check it out. I need to hack some more Ham gear.