My Not-So-El Cheapo homemade call

Bustayote

Bustayote

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OK. Here is my version of the "Not so El Cheapo"

Here are some pictures and links to sites for the gear.

NadyPro.com is where to get the wireless microphone unit. $39.95
Get it with the lapel mike and cut the wire and put a mini phone jack on it to plug into your caller.
http://www.nadypro.com/pd_dkw1.cfm

Interstate Batteries for the power. $23.95
http://www.interstatebatteries.com/cs_es...u~Part%20Number,Ns~product%20Type|101|1|,N~44

Radio Shack for the amp. $18.19
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062620

Speakers are Speco SP-5 model. They are around 5-10 bucks from a variety of sources.

http://www.lashen.com/vendors/csispeco/Speakers/SpeakersHorn.asp

The tackle box is a Flambeau only because that is what I had. The rest of the connectors are small potatoes from Radio Shack.
Charging port is from an electonics store and I put a male end on my small motocycle charger ($35.00) for juice.

The call
call1.jpg

The Nady DKW-1
xciever1.jpg

My leg strap to keep things handy when I'm sitting in my blind.
leg1.jpg
 
That's a very clean job. If you find you need more volume, you might try this kit:

8W audio amp

I put that together in under an hour. That would give you a lot of volume running off of 12V.
 
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Evil, when are you going to get your master's degree and we can all call you Dr. Evil.....I crack me up!

Thanks for the tip. I'm getting some distortion at higher columes with the Radio Sack (intentional mispelling) amp. I don't know what they are rated for but I know the Speco speakers would handle more.

This thing is loud now but less distortion would be nice.

I put it out next to my homemade tail wagger that also has a remote on it.

I'm ordering the 8W tonight.

Jonathan
 
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I'm getting some distortion at higher columes with the Radio Sack



Yeah, I suspected that. I've never had very good luck with Radio Shack stuff, other than their components. The 8W amp is solid, it's got screw terminals for all the connections and a decent sized heat sink.
 
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