[CQ] [hackerdojo] Would anybody like 100 jail radios?

[AF6MQ]

i thought the offer was offered to everyone,
so if someone got them "before" the shelf,
does that matter?

and if you need donated junk for writeoffs,
boy can i hook you kids up with e-waste!!!

i'd like a pair to try and hack an SDR interface into them,
so they can be used with a computer for signal processing,
mostly ham radio stuff, so would re-tune them for the closest ham band.
google up "flarq" and "flmsg" and "fldigi" to get an idea, "winrad"  
neato too.

i'd see the trade in "keeping" them to be "giving"
the circuit/schematic/firmwarehacks to make them usefull back
to whoever wants to use the others.

they are probably "business band" radios,
which means they are not legal to use without a corresponding
license for that frequency.
they are also probably a few watts, so you could easily interfere
with some other business license holder for that freq if you used
them in the bay area.  (which could be fun depending on your bent)
boxloads of used single freq bizbanders can be had on ebay for  
shipping costs,
but i wouldnt bother with the conversion unless they where free,
and more than one in case conversion bricks 'em.
(or collins or kenwood :-)


--gaspo.




On Nov 16, 2010, at 21:28:25, Andy Isaacson wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 08:45:08PM -0800, Christie Dudley wrote:
>> I have a project I could probably use a couple of these for that  
>> would
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 05:07:27PM -0800, Dr. Jesus wrote:
>> Not to mention the parts in the electronics area.  A bunch of people,
>> including me, have taken components for fixing/creating personal
>> projects which end up going home, permanently.  Is there some kind of
>> recordkeeping requirement for that situation?
>
> I think I addressed both of these -- I think there's a really obvious
> distinction between "I used this thing for a project" and "I took it
> home and now it's mine".
>
> -andy
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