-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

 TL> There are some good homebrew options, but you will need to spend on an
 TL> AMBE vocoder, which route you choose (buying a D-STAR radio means the
 TL> vocoder is built in).

 JA> Is that expensive?

There's a few devices that have the vocoder in a useable form - the DV Dongle,
the DV-RPTR board (AMBE was an option in earlier model, think built in later
on), there's also another one or two devices that I can't recall the name of. 
Cost is typically between $100 and $200, depending which device you buy.

 JA> And I have access to obsolete computer equipment. I wish there was
 JA> something I could put together from an old PC - use it to build
 JA> a radio, or use it to connect an HT or something. :-)

I prefer to use the Raspberry Pi these days.  Old computers are too expensive
to run. :)


... And now to the weather. Its zero outside. No temperature at all.
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