Just a heads up but I just saw this on the Fldigi group. No doubt, naming a product is difficult and an available name can be hard but these guys obviously didn't even try. A Google search for "chip" yields four of the top ten listings.
--David KI6ZHD
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [linuxham] A digitized audio link called Chirp Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 13:23:13 -0500 From: Reply-To: linuxham@groups.io To: linuxham@groups.io
Not to confuse anyone but in addition to the free rig control app "Chirp" here now comes a digital audio link by the same name.
https://www.newark.com/chirp-io-interview-internet-of-sound?COM=referral-han...
This looks interesting and it triggered the wanna-be Ham-MacGuyver in me.
What if you could set any rig into vox mode and via mic & speaker hands-free QSO digi-mode from your Smartphone?
(Or CW via Smartphone of Chirp-connected keyboard, or text-to-voice from the same?)
What if you wanted to use the PA system in a park, stadium, function hall, EOC, field command post, Field Day, Hamfest, etc. to deliver digitized info to Smartphones (or other properly equipped devices with a microphone) - without the hassle of Bluetooth or Wifi linking?
Interesting possibilities ...
73, DavidC KD4E