The possibilities with these could almost be endless, what a great time to be alive. Thanks for the video.

@TechMindsOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Just visited their site and they have a lot of cool stuff. The DMR Tier II and LoRa modules are definitely worth a look. There's also some 70cm/2m full-duplex modules ; ) Managed to order a pair of SA-828's for just 32 quid from China, shipped! For only 17 quid each I'm a very happy bunny and I won't even have to sleep on the couch. Oh, and I notice that they can be connected to an MCU and operated via the bus, so ideal for really low power Arduino or PIC-Chip projects. Seriously, what's not to like? Previously, I was butchering Baofeng UV-5R's for all my projects. Although, I think I may keep up the old 'butchering UV-5R's thing... y'know... as a public service :D

Props for the excellent transmission audio! Thank you for sharing in fine fashion. Subscribed

My first thought was an Allstar node but wow this could be some interesting fun for projects. Great review.

Great video Matt, I really want an AllStar node. Looks like a cost effective way of building one. Such a great channel buddy keep it up.

This is awesome! Probably the least expansive way to make an allstar node ? Crazy we don't see more people doing this.. I'd love to do this project one day.. but it's a little over my skill level.. perhaps in the future when there's more documentation/tutorials..

Thanks for the video! Interesting project!

Thanks Matt. Great little boards. Goodness know where you find out about these things and also the time to do stuff with them! Cheers, Fraser MM0EFI

Thanks, Matt 👍

These give me so many cool ideas. I'd love to make custom radios using CB radio enclosures. Like taking a Cobra 29ltd classic and using it for VHF ham band. Would be so cool!!

@321CatboxWA

4 ай бұрын

If you used a modern 29 lx and tied in its display that would be way cooler.

@VTXHobbies

4 ай бұрын

@@321CatboxWA also a great idea! Or a Galaxy with the digital readout.

Sweet stuff!!

Good one, Ive used the modules many times with out the PCB option but didnt use the transformers I did put a filter on them as you say theycan be a bit noisey. BTW you can use the PI IO as an example rather than the onboard CPU on that PCB you board and progarmming it via AT commands is prity easy then you can do your custom per channel mods from there rather than the PC/S/W

A cool and nifty product to play with. I'm not ready for one yet, but I have some Rpi's ready. :)

@TechMindsOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Have fun!

Respect !

Soon will be on one of the Cubesat. !!!

good video, thanks. it seems like they are selling us the guts of baofengs? it would have been better for nice RF to be able to set the mode, like USB, LSB,AM,FM ect, so that it could be used with WSJT and other such modes.

Looks like it could be great for APRS. Maybe used with a weather balloon. Interesting stuff.

@rvsjimbo

3 ай бұрын

I've just got one and my idea is to use it in conjunction with an RPi 3B+ to make an APRS igate.

@Only_Hams

3 ай бұрын

@@rvsjimbo nice, you should make a video with the results.

@rvsjimbo

3 ай бұрын

@@Only_Hams Never done a KZread construction video before, but I might give it a go - thanks for the idea.

Awesome video! Where does the white wire labeled Left go to the SA828?

Hopefully they will offer rf amp modules to bring up the the output to around 2~5 watts .

Would make an excellent base module for a police wire.

Perfect for Brazilian satellite pirates!

It is a shame you didn't have the opportunity to test this to see what the harmonic emissions were like. Also, you mentioned a bridge dongle, is it the Interface USB bridge board? where is this obtained from because it's not on the Ali-express link? I am looking for something like this for an APRS digipeater/iGate that I am building

Also, I forgot to ask will this work with a Raspberry Pi Zer 2 W?

So I just recently got two of these kits in the mail . But I’m a little confused on the wiring between the USB board and the module itself SA828 . Everything is labeled from one device board to the other except for the one that’s marked set where does that wire go to?

Will it work for 9600bps G3RUH?

I haven't played with mine yet, but I am assuming that the UART on the 828 is at TTL levels?

Can you make a video integrating this with module17 for m17?

@TechMindsOfficial

2 ай бұрын

That is a REALLY good idea! Thanks!

Next question, is there any reason why I couldn't use the standard sound interface built into the Raspberry Pi 3B+, and use one of the GPIO lines to trigger the PTT?

@TechMindsOfficial

3 ай бұрын

It all depends on the application you’re using. For all star you also need a COS line which tells the application if the radio is receiving a signal. I don’t think allstar supports the inbuilt sound card.

Can it do 6.25 KHz steps?

How to get PTT pin from a Logitech USB headset?

Why there's no low vhf module? 😢

and they have already shot up in price.

Are you able to put on a pi for allstar.

@TechMindsOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Without sounding rude, did you watch the whole video?

@Chuck1855

4 ай бұрын

@@TechMindsOfficial i typed it while watching and before you wrote it my bad.

@TechMindsOfficial

4 ай бұрын

No worries :) thanks for watching :)

@paulsengupta971

4 ай бұрын

I think the answer is yes then. ;-)

4:32 “NiceRF ?????????” 🤔

@ethzero

4 ай бұрын

My guess would be that the application needs to render Chinese characters but there is no suitable font available. (I would also imagine that the four Chinese characters underneath the nice RF are actually part of an image)

Where are the valves? 🔬🤨🖖🇦🇺

@TechMindsOfficial

4 ай бұрын

It has 6 valves, little small ones. In fact I have to use a microscope to see them. Although, this is why this is a great hand warmer :-)

@Graeme_Lastname

4 ай бұрын

@@TechMindsOfficial Cool m8. 🙂

Great video and great RF unit, yet a horrible application, using the internet as a virtual antenna to the world all while using what should have been a wireless hobby to do so.

@paulsengupta971

4 ай бұрын

There's a lot of it about.

37'38$ just now 😢

For $18 dollars you can buy an Baofeng UV5r and just use it. This is way to much trouble and work.

@thermostance1815

4 ай бұрын

buying is not the point. Learning is. Also, they are smaller and more versatile than a baofeng

@DigiLab360

4 ай бұрын

You clearly didn’t watch the video. This is addressed at 5:18.

@kchaney56

4 ай бұрын

I did watch the video you clearly don't get the point.@@DigiLab360

@657bhang

4 ай бұрын

If you are a lazy wanker you are correct

I see Ham Radio is just as vacuous and misogynist as when I quit it 25 years ago.

@kevinthompson507

4 ай бұрын

How did you get that from a video about a radio chip being used in prototyping?

@paulsengupta971

4 ай бұрын

Um, ok.