The units mentioned in the previous post are units that act as a bridge between the audio and BT connection. They are used to add BT to a phone (or ham radio in this case) when one did not exist before. The unit plugs into the regular 2.5mm plug on the phone used for a headset and converts it to bt, so you can use a BT headset instead.
You can probably rig something together for a ham radio, using a VOX and the BT connection for audio. Michael -----Original Message----- From: "Steve Uhrig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:07:15 To:repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Bluetooth for ham use? Gen rundown on Bluetooth? Men in black helicopters forced Joe M. to write: > 4. Re: Bluetoot for ham use........ > Check out the Jabra BT150 and A210 headset and adapter (respectively). > The can be had for around $20 and $15 respectively if you know where to > look. The adapter has a mini 1/8" stereo jack on it. > Joe M. Please pardon the dinosaur novice question: I know generically of the concepts of Bluetooth, though I don't use it and never have. If used with a cell phone/full duplex, I can understand. If used with an amateur transceiver, is there a PTT interface implemented, or how to you to the half simplex route from radio to headset? If I buy the proper equipment (or say my phone already has Bluetooth, or my computer), can I use the same handset alternately for cell phone and amateur? This would be for flexibility at the desk, not mobile or portable. I am 100% deaf in one eat and 80% in the other, and I usually need some sort of electronics, or an empty house where I can turn the RX audio up WAY loud, or headsets, to use amateur HF or VHF, or the headset on my cell phone. Of course I use PTT on the amateur. A general rundown or source would be appreciated. I looked at Jabra's site and they say very little, and the page with the A210 tries to play an SWF file which my machine says is corrupted. In the meantime I stick to a Saber for amateur, whose batt is larger than my wife's entire Yaesu VX-7. Does Bluetooth for cell phones simply cut out the headset cord, which really is no problem and needs no batt maintenance. Or is there more to Bluetooth which I don not understand? Does this count for hands-free in states which require it? Still seems a joke as you have to pick the phone up to dial, or to see who's calling and if you want to answer. I doubt the traditional car kits are sold for new Motorola cell phones anymore, with the external roof antenna, batt charge, handset hanger, ext speaker and amp, and ext mic. We use ours, but actually coverage is so excellent with Verizon all we use them for now is batt chargers. And the black Startac base station, with ext ant capability and handset, speaker phone, etc. -- are they still made? I use one of these for my desk phone and all long distance. Like a base convertacom for the Startac 7868. Those two accessories (Car kit and base) have kept me on these old Startacs, plus the Startacs work supremely well and have been zero problems. Getting hard to find batts though. All the ones from the surplus houses have the same 5 or more year old date codes as the one I'm using. Good, loud, crisp audio, and rugged, and not much more than a basic phone. With my wife and me both using the same car kit, desk set and handset, we can plug in whichever phone wherever we are. Can that still be done? I made the mistake on stocking up on spare, low hours used 7868 Startac phones, but now Verizon won't commission them because of no E-911 capability. Guess that was a waste. If anyone needs some 7868 working CDMA/Verizon handsets, LMK. Of if anyone has any new FRESH bubble batteries for Startec, preferably OEM, please LMK. I'm using a fossil antique digital Startac, but when it croaks Verizon tells me I'll have to go to an E-911 capable phone, which in the Baltimore area here means GPS. Will be interesting because I rarely am in the open where the thing could get GPS lock. Hi to my friends here, esp Dave Van Horn. Good people. Appreciate the generousity of those on this list. ============ I presume everyone here is familiar with the Private Wireless Forum, which is nearly 1000 comm professionals? All types, from doctors to lawyers to Batallion Chiefs. If you're not familiar, take a look here and apply. Acceptance is not automatic, but it's a busy, on topic, mature, well disciplined fully moderated list: Note I said it is busy. http://tech.: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PrivateWirelessForum> groups.yahoo.com/group/PrivateWirelessForum Tks .... Steve WA3SWS ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: <mailto:Steve%40swssec.com> com website http://www.swssec.: <http://www.swssec.com> com Tel/fax +1+410-879-4035 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* Yahoo! 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