EKEN GT10X Tablet

[John Donaldson]

Just looking at the Play Store. There are over 200 Ham Radio Apps. At 
$79.99 you can setup a tablet with only Ham Radio Apps and
fill up the memory real easy. LOL

My tablet is a Toshiba Scribe. 10.1 inch with wifi, USB, earphone/mic 
connector, and SD card interface. it runs Andri0d 4.04, so at least I am 
pretty much up to date. Toshiba is good about putting out the latest OS 
updates. That is the only thing I have about the
low cost tablets, is how easy are they to update.

Two apps that I am really enhances my shack are the ARRL Repeater 
Directory and the QST reader app.


John, AB8YZ

On 12/30/2013 4:58 PM, fgentges at mindspring.com wrote:
> Bill Fenn, N4TS, showed up with a new tablet computer that looked 
> really promising so I went over to Microcenter and also got one. It is 
> the Eken GT10X.
>
> It is Android based, has a 10.1 inch screen and has a lot of 
> capabilities starting with a WiFi connection.  You can find info at:
>
> eken.com
>
> He and I were successful installing an Android driver for the RTL-SDR 
> dongle giving a VHF/UHF receiver.  Adding a $10 purchase we got a 
> software upgrade that displays the spectrum.  It is very nice.  The 
> dongle we used is the Software Radio USB DVB-T RTL2832U found on eBay 
> for under $10 and ships from China.
>
> While your at it buy one of the adapter connectors that let you 
> connect your better antennas into the the dongle.  You will spend 
> almost as much for the adapter as you do for the dongle.  Your 
> alternative is to clip off the cable and add a connector.
>
> There is a review on Youtube at:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py4sO-gXHrU
>
> The review is along the lines of a game player but it also covers the 
> rest of it.
>
> I see the tablet in the Microcenter catalog for January so it looks 
> like these are not a one-time-good-deal but will become a regular 
> item.  The price is $79.99 which makes it a bargain.  For now you 
> cannot buy on-line but must go into the store.  I suspect that will 
> change before long.  Meantime, I would be happy to pick up one for 
> those of you outside their store areas.
>
> Let us know what kind of experience you have had with one of these and 
> any new tips about using it.  It should do a lot of ham radio kind of 
> work.
>
> Frank K0BRA
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