$150 HOTSPOT Made for Hams

$150 HOTSPOT Made for Hams - The Hamspot!

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2 ай бұрын

$150 for a Ham-made hotspot that is called the Hamspot. This is designed and sold by Colin, K0NNK. Find his website here - hamspot.square.site
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Пікірлер: 56

@tchambers807 7 күн бұрын

I just purchased one of these. Collin K0NNK was awesome. Assembled in the USA. Great communication. Good price. I have no complaints. Aliexpress would've charged near the same and God only knows what you'd end up with in the end.

@HamRadio2 6 күн бұрын

Awesome

@Megellin Ай бұрын

I switched both my hotspots to WPSD a few months ago and haven't looked back. I think it is a lot more coinvent than pi-star with all the extra settings.

@matthewhalbert1713 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Jason. It's nice to have a good decent price hotspot out there.

@rodneyhefner6596 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the review, looks like a nice option in the world of hotspots. Like the features and affordability.

@hamradionetworking Ай бұрын

Wow, this is crazy, I never expected to sellout instantly. Thank you Jason for this amazing video and thank you guys for a instant sellout, I will use my profits to get on HF and to expand my amateur radio journey. And for anyone wondering I am now accepting preorders.

@milanthemilan5015 Ай бұрын

I wanna live in a country where 150 bucks is cheap.

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

I want you to also

@RookieLock Ай бұрын

Colins got a great channel.. Love to see the younger guys show an interest to ham radio !

@tomleddy7620 Ай бұрын

Sounds like something I can handle. Especially if it’s set up for me and my Yeasu-FT70. Thanks

@linkonlansing Ай бұрын

Nice!! Thanks..

@AlexanderJohnson-dw5mm Ай бұрын

Would you mind doing a review on the 2023 TCA PRC 152? They claim to be 15w and more robust than the prior models. Love watching your stuff!

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

I'll look

@SteelWolf13 Ай бұрын

I flashed my hotspot from pistar to wpsd months ago. Never looked back.

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

Yep, good call

@chrissewell1608 Ай бұрын

I thought you were talking about a Wifi Hotspot, at first! But, its a Digital Radio HotSpot! DAHhhhh...

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

Kinda dumb that they call these hotspots but yea, not WiFi

@rohnkd4hct260 Ай бұрын

Looks interesting.

@Siskiyous6 Ай бұрын

I bought one, I have been wanting a HotSpot, and in my new QTH the shack is not in the house, I can play radio from inside the house with the hotspot.

@Rick-pl5ey Ай бұрын

Any reason why this couldnt be run on a RPI 3B? Power consumption is significantly more on the 4.

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

I don't see why not

@Tommy-K4BWN Ай бұрын

Got a question Jason I'm thinking about getting a DMR mobile will I need a hotspot to run it in my car I am still learning about DMR and I'm still learning about Ham Radio too since I got my first license in 2022 I've always wanted to have amateur license since I bought my first CB license just before the last year they throw them in the garbage in the 70s. 73 K4BWN

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

You'll need a hotspot in your car unless you have local DMR repeaters near you

@Tommy-K4BWN Ай бұрын

@@HamRadio2 Thanks I can't afford to buy both so digital radio is out of the question. 73 K4BWN

@lightingnut Ай бұрын

What do you do with a hotspot?

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdukgc9zltewco0.html

@psychodadsn Ай бұрын

Looks like a cool piece of gear, thanks for another great video! 73 N2SCD

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

You bet

@kidbach Ай бұрын

Looks like a cool device. He says he'll config the hotspot for the user, will it be plug and play, or do you have to config it more after you get it? Thanks for sharing. KC3UEE

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

It'll be PNP

@unclemikeyplays Ай бұрын

Already out of stock!

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

That's how I roll

@hamradionetworking Ай бұрын

I am now accepting preorders.

@arekx Ай бұрын

Hardware looks like regular V1.3 MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat hotspot. What's the hardware difference? Closed software? - "no" for me.

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

No it's not closed software

@arekx Ай бұрын

@@HamRadio2 Nice then! (but can't find download info on hotspot author web page).

@f00masterFlex Ай бұрын

⁠@@arekxit’s an open source software project. Look harder ;-)

@w8kdzradio113 Ай бұрын

pardon me for being a little cynical here, but all it looks like is a reskinned version of pi-star with some features added to it, as far as it goes I like that it displays the room name, probably does the same for BM.TGIF talkgroups, but if my current hardware, but it looks to me like a dual band hat with a raspberry pi single board with some paint thrown on pi-star for the most part

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

Except that WPSD is much better than Pi-star

@f00masterFlex Ай бұрын

Uhhhh it’s much more than that.

@DavidCase-ov5uo Ай бұрын

Please ditch the music. I keep thinking I am watching a video game.

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

Most people like it

@rdmclark Ай бұрын

I got a duplex hotspot, DSTAR it's great I can disconnect from a busy reflector. I was hoping on DMR I could do the same thing. Nope just let's me listen to two talk groups at the same time. Kinda pointless on DMR

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

Wrong. DMR allows you to listen to 2 TGs like a repeater does

@f00masterFlex Ай бұрын

100% incorrect statement 😂

@user-pm6sv7bj3b Ай бұрын

It does not support FM fully. Needs upgrade.

@Siskiyous6 Ай бұрын

What do you mean, what else would it support?

@HamRadio2 Ай бұрын

FM? No, why would it? It's a DV Hotspot

@user-pm6sv7bj3b Ай бұрын

@@HamRadio2 : Refering specifically to WPSD. WPSD is "PI-STAR ", it's simply a different GUI. As you may already my aware, you have many different types of STM32 hotspot boards. In my case I use the STS32 MMDVM repeater controller board by Repeater Builder. My hotspot is essentially a repeater controller running PI-STAR. I tried WPSD, and it works, however though "FM" mode does technically work, the new GUI in WPSD does not recognize it nor indicates anything "FM" on the DASHBOARD and when using a Nextion screen. It's like it does not excist, but the configuration settings for "FM" are there, just like in PI-STAR.

@f00masterFlex Ай бұрын

WPSD is most definitely not PiStar, and is not “just different a gui.” It’s a completely different distribution, and has full FM support. Learn more about it/use it/contribute to it before you spout gross misinformation.