DIY Radio Update: FCC

Look on Greedbay. I bought a pair of them from a hobby shop in Indianapolis (I think) a few years ago. They were about $10 each.

BobH

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:53:30 GMT, Skywise wrote in :

Well done! Keep us posted if you decide to take the plunge. It should be a lot of fun.

Marty

"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote in news:6amdnW8Vi-kcPXjRnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@supernews.com:

Well, I've been doing alot of the 'R' part of R&D while waiting for replies. I've been reading a lot of spec sheets and deciding what parts and chips I need. I already have the microcontroller chosen. It's one I've had my eye on for some time. Darn thing is more powerful than my first computers! What's really cool is that the modular nature of this system is going to reduce most of the work to just a lot of programming, which is my preferred method.

The one thing I've been having the most trouble finding, though, are the joystick gimbals. I can find all sorts of industrial joysticks like used on heavy equipment, but so far only one of the type used in our radios. I am beginning to wonder if the radio makers have them made in house. I do have some unused 'toy' RC radios I could scrounge them from, though.

Brian

You might also check the online forums like rcgroups and rcuniverses for sale sections. You can find 72Mhz tx for cheap that are still good.

| The one thing I've been having the most trouble finding, though, | are the joystick gimbals. I can find all sorts of industrial | joysticks like used on heavy equipment, but so far only one of | the type used in our radios. I am beginning to wonder if the | radio makers have them made in house. I do have some unused | 'toy' RC radios I could scrounge them from, though.

If you were in Austin, I could hook you up. I probably have a dozen of the old gold case Futaba radios -- all wide band and not legal for use now (and not worth trying to update, even if it were legal), but still too nice to throw away.