TH-D7E 2.0 with BlueTooth mod
Channel: ok1djo
Date: 2012-01-08

This is first public video of Kenwood TH-D7E 2.0 with my BlueTooth mod. The android device (HTC Desire Z) is running newest version of APRSdroid (http://aprsdroid.org) and is connected via BlueTooth module, available from DealExtreme.
This mod offers quite new possibilities to old TH-D7's. You can finally connect TH-D7 with APRSdroid running on android phone, as nearly all of them has BlueTooth but very small of them has serial cable.
APRSdroid brings easy to use messaging between stations, it has map available (there is also version with OSM so no data plan is required), it has SmartBeaconing available and it displays whole received data (not like TH-D7 itself).
More about this mod could be found on my howto pages (http://ok1djo.howto.cz/wordpress/?p=44).
Remember, to use such handheld, you need to have valid ham radio licence!