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Review Summary For : Jumbo Spot RTQ
Reviews: 11MSRP: $125
Description:
Multi-Mode hotspot using a Pi Zero W + MMDVM_HS hat + OLED
display + case + antenna with Pi-Star loaded and ready to run
on a 8GB MicroSD card. "RTQ" stand for Ready to QSO.
Product is in production
More Info: http://https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Jumbo-SPOT-RTQ-Mini-MMDVM-Hotspot-Expansion-Spot-DMR-P25-YSF-Radio-Station-Wifi-Digital-Voice/32848941188.html
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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K9OJ Rating: 2018-04-06
Fantastic Value in Multi-Mode Hotspot Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
The Jumbo Spot RTQ comes ready to run with Pi-Star preloaded on an 8GB MicroSD card. I added the pistar.uk wifi file to the SD card and the Jumbo Spot fired up and joined my wifi network.

The Jumbo Spot can do Yaesu System Fusion (YSF), YSF-to-DMR, DMR, D-STAR, P25 and NXDN. it came with MMDVM version 1.3.3 and Linux kernel 4.9.35+ installed.

I'm using the Jumbo Spot for D-STAR and DMR. It uses the very easy to use but powerful Pi-Star software for configuration and control. I got the Jumbo Sport RTQ from aliexpress.com for $115 but it took about three weeks for delivery. Although it runs off a Pi Zero W it performs just as well as my $299 Nano-Spot with its more powerful four core processor. The Nano-Spot comes in a nice case and has an external WiFi antenna but the two hotspots are functionally almost identical.

I found my Jumbo Spot likes an RXOffset and TXOffset of 400.

I'm very happy with this little hotspot. 73 de K9OJ