Re: Bluetooth Yaesu Cat Interface
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I agree with you, David.
I drive most frequently twice a month to the next town, 45 min. then back home. Not in the cards for me, but that is my situation, in fact, I don't have a rig in the car at all.
Stay safe.
John VE7KKQ
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 3:41 PM david lang < david@...> wrote: I live in Southern California, a 2 hour drive some days may only get me 30 miles
:-) but I travel enough that I would love the ability to lookup 'what is in my
area' and add it to the radio.
I would be willing to pay to support the software, I would be willing to buy the
bluecat hardware as a proxy. But it's not available.
And that's the point where I start fighting vocally against hardware lock-in.
This new device that started this thread is available in limited numbers, and
it's windows 10 only for the software, that's two strikes against it (if it is
locked in the way the bluecat is with repeaterbook)
I'd much rather support software developers directly than indirectly via
hardware lockin. Eventually the hardware will no longer be available.
David Lang
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022, John wrote:
> David,
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> As the BlueCat software is free to use, the "deep pockets" price of his
> Bluetooth unit would help compensate him for all his efforts.
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> Think of the unit as the old computer dongle of days gone by.
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> The software is great and I would think even better with the module, I can
> see this setup if you travel a lot, but for me and many others, once the
> repeaters where you are liable to rome are programmed into your rig, the
> combo quickly becomes redundant.
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> But in the UK and Europe where restrictions differ to North America, a two
> hour drive could cover three possibly four countries while we would still
> be in the same State or Province.
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> John
> VE7KKQ
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> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 3:11 PM david lang <david@...> wrote:
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>> there are various bluetooth yeasu cat interfaces available, (including
>> these on
>> ebay for $15 )
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>> But only the bluecat module is compatible with the repeaterbook app
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>> the app looks for a specific name bluetooth name). Is your module on this
>> approved list
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>> does anyone have a contact with repeaterbook that would be able to get
>> them to
>> consider expanding the compatibility? The guy in England who makes the
>> bluecat
>> has been out of stock for almost two years now (that I know of)
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>> David Lang
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>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022, vaclav_sal via wrote:
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>>> Are you for real for $50? US ?
>>> I would be interested if1. the? price be more reasonable
>>> 2. guaranteed to plug in and stay plugged in - I have one and it just
>> wont fit snugly and stay? piuged in .
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