Portable OpenSpot 4 Pro

HotSpot are a great tool!

As an owner of repeaters and HotSpots I find them incredibly versatile and useful. My stable of HotSpots are in general based on the SharkRF Openspot 1 because of the ROM based firmware and ethernet connection. The OpenSpot 1 is simply a bullet-proof workhorse!

During the 2022 Black Friday Sale and with a favorable exchange rate, 4 Pro became affordable and one unit was purchased. The idea of simply turning it on, connect it to the cellphone and slip the unit into your pocket is actually simply wonderful. I never bought the OS2, 3 etc and waited until it was a mature OS4 Pro. This one is amazing!

My portable OS1 DMR operation has always been at home or from the car. Now a new potential opens up to true portable operation.

To date, I have not yet tried the cross-mode capabilities. but that comes next and this will be updated accordingly.

Museum Ships On-the-Air Weekend June 2, 2023
If you like ships and are an amateur radio operator, 100 ships will be on the air from June 3 - 4 for the annual Museum Ships Weekend event.Organizers stress that this is not a contest, but a fun event that begins at 0000Z on June 3, 2023, and runs through 2359Z on June 4, […]
The K7RA Solar Update June 2, 2023
Average daily solar flux values dropped over the past week, butsunspot numbers were nearly the same, comparing May 25 to 31 to theprevious week.Average daily solar flux declined from 161.2 to 155.3. Geomagneticindicators were quieter, with average daily planetary A indexdeclining from 17.1 to 7.3, and middle latitude numbers from 14.4 to7.9.Predicted solar flux is […]
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The K7RA Solar Update May 26, 2023
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