HACKER Q&A
📣 jvanderbot

BOM for a remote operated HAM UHF/VHF shack


If you were to build a remote operated ham shack for UHF/VHF, what would you choose?

Ideally I could use a cheap base station or mobile station, hook up a pi, add tail scale, and run some software on my laptop to control the radio.

Even in 2024 this seems surprisingly difficult for under $1500, even though decent SDR UHF/VHF HT are $50 and raspberry pis are $100.

  👤 eternityforest Accepted Answer ✓
I think I'd go with Meshtastic, the whole thing could be $100.

For real HAM, what's the expensive part? I'm seeing lots of $250 and under transceivers with a PC interface. $18 link cable, $40 Pi clone, free software, your choice of antenna.