Episode 157: Rugged Spot DMR/DSTAR/Fusion Pi-Star Hotspot
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Episode 157: Rugged Spot DMR/DSTAR/Fusion Pi-Star Hotspot

Rugged Spot DMR/DSTAR/Fusion Pi-Star Hotspot From NexGen Hotspots, the Rugged Spot, one of their top sellers – a review. The nice thing about this hotspot, over others, is that the company will set it up for you so that it automatically connects to your home wifi, making it a truly plug-n-play hotspot. Running on Pi-star,…

Episode 135: Comparing the Openspot and Nanospot Hotspots
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Episode 135: Comparing the Openspot and Nanospot Hotspots

The SharkRF Openspot is, by far, the most popular micro-repeater hotspot for Amateur Radio, mostly due to the ease of use and the fact that it’s been out for about 2 years.  Recently, Micro-node released another device, called the Nanospot, that is closer in price to the Openspot than their other hotspot devices. In this…

Episode 64: Unboxing and Testing the Kenwood TH-D74A Triband DSTAR HT
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Episode 64: Unboxing and Testing the Kenwood TH-D74A Triband DSTAR HT

  Kenwood TH-D74A Triband DSTAR HT I first got to see this new Kenwood TH-D74A Triband DSTAR HT at Dayton in 2016.  In my Dayton video, I recorded the display of this radio, which was inside of a clear case that we could see through, but couldn’t actually handle the radio.  I was disappointed with…