Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Keith Packard
Chris Attebery chrisattebery1...@gmail.com writes: I'd like to be able to RDF my Telemetrum with a low end HT and antenna. Can any of you make a recommendation for a low end radio ($50)? Also will the Arrow 440-3 work well enough at Black Rock or should I pick up the 440-5? Is there anything

Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Keith Packard
Winton H. E. Davies wdav...@cs.stanford.edu writes: Wait, doesn't the telemetrum do GPS over radio? Why would you need RDF? Just get the dongle and attach to laptop (or even android device I believe now?) A simple RDF tone can be detected at a much lower signal strength than is required for

Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread W7AMI
The problem with the Baofeng UV3R that I have is ease of use, or rather lack of. If you want to set it up with a Mobilinkd modem it's good. But for general use it cumbersome. To DF you will want to turn off the squelch. To do that you have to hit the Menu button on the front panel and

[altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Chris Attebery
I'd like to be able to RDF my Telemetrum with a low end HT and antenna. Can any of you make a recommendation for a low end radio ($50)? Also will the Arrow 440-3 work well enough at Black Rock or should I pick up the 440-5? Is there anything else I would need? Thanks, Chris

Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Kevin Trojanowski
I'd suggest shopping the used HT market. The Baofung (or however it's spelled) radios can be bought cheap, but based on what I've seen of them, they'll make RDF a bit more challenging. I'd suggest investing in a used radio of better quality if you plan to RDF with it. -Kevin From:

Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Winton H. E. Davies
Wait, doesn't the telemetrum do GPS over radio? Why would you need RDF? Just get the dongle and attach to laptop (or even android device I believe now?) W On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Kevin Trojanowski t...@cox.net wrote: I'd suggest shopping the used HT market. The Baofung (or however

Re: [altusmetrum] RDF on the cheap

2015-06-15 Thread Winton H. E. Davies
Chris, you are local right (bay area) ? I can lend you my antenna and dongle. W On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Winton H. E. Davies wdav...@cs.stanford.edu wrote: Wait, doesn't the telemetrum do GPS over radio? Why would you need RDF? Just get the dongle and attach to laptop (or even