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This hotspot is the best that I've tried out of the Pi-Star lineup, and I've had several. The clear case is great, mine is a Pi 2B with an updated MMDVM board that's well put together. I didn't have to align the TX/RX offsets, it works great at 0. I did change the antennas on mine, but I'm not in an RF heavy area (there's a reason for the factory antennas if you are). This hotspot is prebuilt and the software is already installed and ready for your DMR ID and other basic info. This one has Ethernet too, I prefer that over WiFi, but it can do both. It's the best looking hotspot I've seen, and at a great price! I'm happy to have found this one, and the manufacturer will stand behind their product! They helped me thoroughly with all questions I had, and I have a very reliable hotspot for all my nets now. I plan to buy more of these specific hotspots in the future, when I can afford to do so.

Very nice and well built ham radio hotspot. Nothing with digital modes comes easy but this was one of the easiest dual channel pi-star hot spots I've had the pleasure of setting up.

First impression, out of the box. Nice looking unit but incomplete. The photos show antenna on the device but there are no antennas. Where do I get those? I haven't yet dug into the rest of the product but a second review may be more appreciative once I figure out where to buy the antennas.

The media could not be loaded. I have been a ham for 24+yrs. Wanted to try getting into digital after a break from radio. After lots of reading I decided to buy this Hotspot. Setup was east as..pi. I was up & making contacts in about 10 mins after getting the item. I even used the online wifi configuration file maker. Then dropped that file onto the sd cards boot menu. No problems what so ever. Hight recommended this box. I may buy a 2nd to keep in the car for mobile use.Update: After owning it a while it's been. A great unit. I've done some modifications. Designed a new top to incorporate a 50mm fan for cooling. Plus switch the TX/RX antenna configuration. Where the TX is horizontal & the RX is vertical. This helps a bunch for duplex operations. It helps eliminate some of the desense that occurs when the antennas are side by side vertical. Cross polarized antennas offer more antennuation between the TX/RX ports. Before that I wasn't able to get very far away without dropping out due to the TX desensitized the RX port when running in duplex mode.Also I've discovered the unit will do VHF & UHF. It won't crossband though. So that wasn't a solution to the add enough frequency separation. I recommend UHF use though. Because you can get 5Mhz of frequency separation for duplex mode.73N4FOX

I am pleased with the item received as they do not restrict us from updating the firmware as needed. It was easy to set up and worked great with the WPSD Project software to replace the software included. The MMDVM does periodically have an issue with the RF, where it stops receiving and sending data to the DMR radios. You can resolve this as needed, when this happens, by ssh'ing into the device and running the modem reset utility which will resolve the problem until it happens again. It happened when I received the device, and still continued after updating the firmware. If it wasn't for this problem it would definately be a 5 star review.I would still highly recommend this product as it also comes in a nice case that helps to keep the dust out, however that is a tradeoff with not having the case that is well ventilated. On average my system reports board temp to be at 144°F / 62°C, while monitoring the WW talk group which has regular traffic on it.

Let's first talk about the case. At first, I didn't think I was going to like the housing. It rattles, the plastic sides slide around, and well, it just wasn't as nice looking as another I've purchased. I was going to order or print something different. There were other priorities and time went on, and I hadn't changed out the housing. I'm glad I didn't get to it. It really grew on me, to the point where I actually love it. It's "chunky feeling," it rattles, well you get the pic. Fun case! The boards and screen are fine. No issues with the included, mSD card, preloaded with pi-star. This is a 2B Raspberry Pi, therefore you know it does not have onboard WiFi. It does come with a perfectly working, cheap, tiny, USB wireless NIC. I did / do use the WiFi for any interactions, including first startup.It is the tiny screen, but honestly I'm never looking at either of my hotspots running, as I'm using an OLD Chromebook to open up a few browser windows, 2 are the pi-star applications for both hotspots, recolored light blues for this hotspot and dark blue colors for my other hotspot pi-star window. That's a good tip if you are looking at several hotspots at the same time, recolor then all differently so you know at a glance what hotspot you're looking at.Wow, long read, sorry about that. If you have reached this point, buy the thing already! Hi-hiOh, this one didn't come with a USB (micro) cable and the A/C adapter. I have a zillion of them all over the house. I do hear some others that have had problems with power warnings on their Raspberry Pi, especially the 4. I've never had an issue with any I run as long as I'm using 15 watt or higher adaptor. I run some on 5 volt, 3 amp adaptors and at least 2 Raspberry Pi boards on 5 volt, 6 amps.Have fun and hope to catch you down the log!73 N8LEJ