[Mobile-Portable] Bluetooth for mobile?

[Earl Needham]

At 16:58 1/14/2008, Philip, KO6BB wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm thinking down the road towards the future.  But first, buying 
>the new Yaesu radio designed for Mobile with the Bluetooth option 
>isn't an option for me as I've just bought all new radios (4) in the 
>last year and they'll have to "do" for a long time to come.
>
>Now the question. . .  Has anyone experimented with or found a way 
>to interface a Bluetooth device (earpiece) to a non Bluetooth device 
>like a Yaesu FT-8800 etc?  I realize that it would have to provide 
>both PTT and Mic audio inputs to the radio and send the audio from 
>the radio back to the earpiece, though just one-way to the mic input 
>on the radio would also be acceptable, providing audio from the 
>radio didn't trigger the PTT line (sort of like a vox/anti-vox).

         Jabra offers a Bluetooth adaptor for cell phones -- the plug 
to the phone apparently has mic audio, earpiece audio, and ground. 
I've used on in the past with a Bluetooth headset and it worked well 
with a long talk time on the battery.

         Now, putting different things together -- Radio Shack used 
to offer a little connector box for the HT's that would allow you to 
use a cell phone headset on an HT.

         If you were to put the two together, I bet you'd have just 
what you want -- IF the box would work with your amateur transceiver.

         7 3
         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
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