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Reviews For: RFinder HCP-1 Portable Digital HotSpot

Category: Interfaces, Radio to computer, amp, rotor, coax switch, internet

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Review Summary For : RFinder HCP-1 Portable Digital HotSpot
Reviews: 4MSRP: $299.95
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RFinder Dual Slot Battery Operated HotSpot You've been waiting for something like this; a hotspot that is so HOT so that it had to be named the Chili Peppa! Portable, so easy to carry you can place it in your shirt pocket! Dual Slot, built on the MMDVM platform! STM32 dual-slot Pi-Hat controller! Works on DMR / D-STAR and Fusion Quad-Band! 144mHz, 220mHz, 440mHz and 800mHz! Built on a Raspberry Pi Zero W 16GHz single-core CPU and 512MB RAM. Mini-HDMI and Micro-USB (x2) output. Internal Battery; no cables! Charges very fast at .8A. Will go most of the day unless it is getting hammered! 3000mAh lithium-ion battery! Runs off of the software you're already familiar with; Pi-Star*! Pi-Star is already loaded on a 16GB SD card, so it is ready to go as soon as you are!
Product is in production
More Info: https://www.gigaparts.com/rfinder-dual-slot-battery-operated-hotspot.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-aGCBhCwARIsAHDl5x8bW4wDjraYVSx-57s7GN56xBlGQTIjVwhvTaLjB5_Z7GeoYW2R8H8aAp5PEALw_wcB
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KO4PKB Rating: 2021-05-28
Hot Chilli Peppa - 1 Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
HCP-1 is an excellent portable hotspot of my choice with all the specs that came along with its package.

I am still new to the ham world and eventually I will still stumble along the way. I was surprised that Mr. Bob, the founder of RFinder would personally answer the company phone. He is very patient and very humble that he personally assists you with all your questions. He even spared so much of his time patiently assisting me how to program the unit. Cheers to you Mr. Bob of the deep!
VE3JK Rating: 2021-05-20
Piece of crap Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I own a couple of nano spots and an open spot 3 and thought it would be a good idea to run an HCP-1 on one of my DMR radios. Problem started at unboxing, no SD card in the slot - it was rattling around in the bottom of the HCP-1. Had to open it up, extract the card and insert it, not a big deal although I resent having to open up a brand new piece of gear. Problem number 2 - this thing has a range less than Bluetooth. House is 65 feet long and cannot run a handheld from one end of the house to the other. Third problem, the on/off switch doesn’t work and it is on 100% of the time. Called for service a number of times, no reply just the sound of crickets! HCP-1 now resides in the bottom of my junk box - an epic expensive failure with zero customer service
KZ4ARN Rating: 2021-04-01
Great Hotspot Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought this to use while mobile since it has a built in battery and it has not disappointed. The battery has lasted me for 8+ hours at a time and works as good as you would expect anything from RFinder to work. Aside from the product itself, the service is better than ANY service for any product you will ever or have ever bought. I would 100% recommend this.
KB3YBT Rating: 2021-03-11
Awesome product and customer service Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Bob W2CYK the founder from Rfinder has the best customer service I have ever experienced. I am very new to Pi-star. As a matter of fact I've really never used it before so when I tried to go in and configure my hotspot all I was having was a hot mess. I messaged Bob and within 20 minutes he messaged me back he offered to go onto my computer and help me setup my hotspot. We were also video chatting as he was helping me make changes to my hotspot. Within another half hour he had me up and completely running. I want to thank Bob for his awesome help and for a fantastic product. I would definitely recommend this to anyone. Even if you've never had a hotspot before Bob will definitely get you up and running.