Dirt cheap Android tablets for digital modes

1

I use one of these and they work for digital modes with Digirig Lite.
Grabbed a backup unit. With coupon after taxes it came to $21.04
No affiliation.

Like New Refurbished 32GB Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8" HD Display

5 Likes
2

How did you get the coupon?

73 Constrainted

3

It’s in the listing: SMARTFIVE

1 Like
4

OK, thanks very much. This is my first time on WOOT.

73 Constrainted

1 Like
5

Denis! What sort of OS does this run?
Also what mode(s) can be ran on this Tablet?
Not that I don’t need another PC of a sort!

                    73 de Steve KB6HOH
6

These are Android devices - not particularly fancy, but enough for digital modes or for watching a movie on the airplane.

7

I received mine today. So far, it seems tightly coupled to Amazon. For $20, I knew I would have to give up something! With the SDCard slot, it is more open than the Android phone I own.

This is my first tablet of any kind.

73 Constrainted

8

Yes, these are certainly not as nice as $500 tablets, but should be good enough for playing with radios, experimentation and bringing outside without much worry.

9

Thanks! I use these for VE Tests. But these may end up doing other things.

1 Like
10

BTW: I got Google Play on these Fire tablets so I’m not locked into Amazon appstore.
There are tutorials on the web for the install process.

2 Likes
11

I successfully installed F-Droid, an appstore offering many GPL programs. I installed two programs successfully, a GPL mapping program based on OpenStreetMaps and a GPL music player.

73 Constrainted

1 Like
12

Any recommendations for apps? I know about WOAD for win link email, what about JS8 call or wsjtdx?

13

John,
Check out this post for some of the recommendations:

2 Likes
14

They’re back at it. Now it’s 10" Android tablet for $35.