https://vk6mib.com/tags/arduino/Recent content in Arduino on VK6MIBHugoen-AUSun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://vk6mib.com/posts/baby-fox/Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://vk6mib.com/posts/baby-fox/<p><img alt="BF-888S" loading="lazy" src="https://vk6mib.com/images/bf-888-bovenkant.jpg">One of the exciting things in amateur radio at the moment is the unbelievably low price of the Chinese handheld radios. One of the very cheapest is the BF-888S. It’s a 16 channel 70cm unit putting out about 2.5W. I got a pair for $42 from a Chinese ebay seller.</p> <p>These radios are so cheap, they make you want to invent projects to use them. One project I’ve had in mind for a while is to use them for ARDF/fox hunting (you hide a transmitter, and people drive/wander around with receivers trying to find it) with kids armed with little Yagis.</p>