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Offline Cliff MatthewsTopic starter

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RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« on: February 22, 2016, 12:27:36 pm »
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?

 

Offline voltz

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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2016, 12:49:52 pm »
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 :)
 

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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 12:54:55 pm »
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.
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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2016, 03:46:22 pm »
That's Cool... I see a small APRS radio.......
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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2016, 01:39:23 am »
It's a conventional three band rig on a PC board?
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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2016, 11:48:33 am »
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.
 

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Re: RS-UV3 an $89 Transceiver Sheild - Any thoughts?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2016, 06:21:15 am »
Looks cool ill check it out. I need to hack some more Ham gear.
 


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