Interesting little repeater controller

[Mike O'Dell]

it's interesting to look at the cables the thing uses. Note that there 
are at least 4 conductors
in a 3.5mm plug. that allows it to use only two cables, one per radio, 
which arguably makes it
viable (or at least attractive and simple) by avoiding a cable rat's nest.

these didn't exist before Apple caused them to be created for the iThings.
i believe the iThing video-out cable has at least five conductors total.
(they also have a jack that has both 3.5mm conductors *and* an SPIF optical
fiber termination in the same body, so they only need one hole!)

a great example of "horizontal innovation".
changing the number of cables needed for an iThing application
by improving the connectors is "simple", but as we see here
can assist innovation in a much larger setting.

     cheers,
     -mo




On 3/18/11 10:52 AM, Tad G wrote:
> Somehow I doubt it is anywhere near as robust as a conventional controller, but it looks like an alternative to the mobile rigs that have cross-band repeat built-in like the FT-8800 and FT-8900.
>
> http://radioshop888.com/radioshop_product.php?id=104081
>
> -Tad
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