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<v Speaker 1>This is the Specter from Spec five.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an all in one turn key solution for

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<v Speaker 2>a mesh Tastic node that you carry with you.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the size of it right there. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about that today.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to mesh Con in October of twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four down at the Spec five facility and it was

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<v Speaker 2>a good It was a small event, it was some

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<v Speaker 2>good information and it was but it was the first

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<v Speaker 2>year they did it, and I hope they do it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Since then, I've had Daniel from Spec five on the

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<v Speaker 2>live stream and he talked to us about a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff that Spec five is working on. Spec five

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<v Speaker 2>is a manufacturer. They take existing mesh Tastic devices, build

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<v Speaker 2>cases for them, build systems, form and that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>They're working on some new firmware as well. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is the Spec five specter. You can see how This

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<v Speaker 2>is my three x three patch here that I've got

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<v Speaker 2>and my Android smartphone is right here, so I've got

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<v Speaker 2>it zoomed in pretty close, so you guys can see

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<v Speaker 2>it a little bit better. We'll get some more close

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<v Speaker 2>ups of it. You can see that's basically a held

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<v Speaker 2>Tech V three case that's inside of there. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the two buttons on the bottom of the case right there,

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<v Speaker 2>that push buttons on the actual board, and then on

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<v Speaker 2>top of it is an Android. I don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of Android device this is, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>an Android. This is a full smartphone from Android. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a full smart phone from Android.

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<v Speaker 1>We can turn this on here and go there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got the Meshtastic application right there pre installed. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't put this in so you see right there, it's

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<v Speaker 2>called S five Spector. Of course, you can rename that

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<v Speaker 2>anything you want to. You can rename a short name.

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<v Speaker 2>Region is US. That's the QR code that you can

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<v Speaker 2>scan to join a room, create a customized room, whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got a map right there. Of course, these are

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<v Speaker 2>other nodes that it's seeing right now. This right here,

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<v Speaker 2>this was from several days ago. That's my truck node though,

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<v Speaker 2>is that is It's another Spec five It's called a

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<v Speaker 2>Spec five beacon, I think, is what I have in

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<v Speaker 2>my truck right now. It's got a small solar panel

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<v Speaker 2>and it do another video about that soon. And then

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<v Speaker 2>of course we've got the long fast room there and

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<v Speaker 2>I need to add my customized rooms to it, but

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't done that yet. So we can go back

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<v Speaker 2>here to the main menu. It's got these check tastic Now,

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<v Speaker 2>these are applications that have been developed by Spec five,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are games you can play. So it got

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<v Speaker 2>mesh Chess, check Tastic, so I think it's Checkers, and

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<v Speaker 2>then's Spec five mesh tastic something right there.

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<v Speaker 1>What does that say?

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<v Speaker 2>There's different games you can play over the mesh to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just kind of keep yourself entertained to whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>So kind of some cool propriety.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not proprietary necessarily, but Spec five did write the

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<v Speaker 2>applications for all that. And then we got your settings

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<v Speaker 2>and gallery whatnot, camera, calendar, file manager, got chrome. I

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<v Speaker 2>put chrome on there. There's my photo the play store

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<v Speaker 2>and download anything from the play Store you want to.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's my photos right there. I haven't connected that yet.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fine. I haven't really.

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<v Speaker 2>Done much with this yet. But a couple of the

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<v Speaker 2>guys I know who had this. Someone put wind link

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<v Speaker 2>on it, which I thought was a good idea. You

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<v Speaker 2>could put APRS droid on it. You can use it

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<v Speaker 2>for you put various ham radio type applications on this

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be a good addition to your pack or

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<v Speaker 2>to just your your edc carry that will enable Meshtastic

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<v Speaker 2>but also have other hand radio type applications on it.

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<v Speaker 2>There's the buttons up down buttons on it for the

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<v Speaker 2>volume and whatnot. The one drawback about it that I

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<v Speaker 2>will say is that it has two charge ports for it,

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<v Speaker 2>so you charge the phone and the mesh Tastic board

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<v Speaker 2>back here independently. They are both USBC, so you can

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<v Speaker 2>charge them via the same cable, but they're charging one

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<v Speaker 2>end of time, so you might want to look for

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of splitter cable that has two USB C

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<v Speaker 2>ports on it where you can charge everything at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time. But just because you charge the phone up

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean you're charged the Meshtastic radio. So that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>one kind of drawback I think, you know for it,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like that I don't know they've got this

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<v Speaker 2>cut out here because the.

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<v Speaker 1>Camera is usable on the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>This is your power power button and screen on off button,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just and of course it comes with this

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<v Speaker 2>SMA antenna that you can change out. You can put

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<v Speaker 2>a longer intenna on it. You can put an external

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<v Speaker 2>magmunt on your vehicle and hook it up that way.

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<v Speaker 2>I have an external magmunt on my vehicle, but I

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<v Speaker 2>have another radio that I use for.

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<v Speaker 1>That right now.

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<v Speaker 1>The antenna.

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<v Speaker 2>The antenna that sticks out is a little bit like

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<v Speaker 2>it's so small that you're you're tempted to put it

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<v Speaker 2>in your pocket when you're walking around places, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you look, you can kind of see the antenna's little

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<v Speaker 2>bent right there, because I put it in my pocket

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<v Speaker 2>and the antenna got bent. So take the antenna off

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it in your pocket, or just don't put it

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<v Speaker 1>in your pocket.

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<v Speaker 2>I do wish it had some sort of belt clip

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe some sort of molly case for it. There

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<v Speaker 2>might be a molly case you can find that you

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<v Speaker 2>can put that in and stick it as a clip

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<v Speaker 2>on the back of your your backpack or your go

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<v Speaker 2>bag or your your man pack or whatever something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's one another drawback.

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<v Speaker 2>Two drawbacks with it that I've found is that it's

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<v Speaker 2>independent charging of the phone and the meschastic device. The

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<v Speaker 2>phone itself is small, so it has a small battery.

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<v Speaker 2>This battery will last about a day, okay, And then

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for what it is, that's not bad. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not bad. For what it is, it's not great. I

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<v Speaker 2>know my was gonna show you this is my z

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<v Speaker 2>fold four. So that's how much smaller it is than

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<v Speaker 2>the z fold four. In fact, it's even smaller with

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<v Speaker 2>the antenna than my z fold four is. So it's small,

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<v Speaker 2>it's lightweight, it's compact, it's full Android. I forget, I

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<v Speaker 2>even forget what version of Android is running. Let's look

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<v Speaker 2>at that real quick. So this is running Android nine.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of thought it was in a newer version

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<v Speaker 2>of Android than that. It is running a custom build

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<v Speaker 2>called Servo and it's on v one dot dot twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three twelve fifteen servos, so it's probably it actually

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<v Speaker 2>probably needs to be updated because that's from December of

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<v Speaker 2>last year, so there might be an update for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have to check that later. But it is Android nine,

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<v Speaker 2>so I was I thought it was Android twelve. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that's what it was. But it's just Android nine.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know if the version of Android is

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<v Speaker 2>older because this is an older device, or and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you can update it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if the memory on this device. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if it'll justify a newer version of Android.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean, the long and short of it is,

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<v Speaker 2>just don't put any personal information on this, okay. Put

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<v Speaker 2>create yourself a new Google account with a play store,

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<v Speaker 2>access something that's random that doesn't have all the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of your Google stuff, Download and install whatever apps you

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<v Speaker 2>want to on this, and use it just for a

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<v Speaker 2>ham radio off grid device to use wind link APRS droid.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got bluetoo so you can connect it to like

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<v Speaker 2>a moby linked TNC or the d KME with D

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five that has a built in TNC and you

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<v Speaker 2>can use APRS droid with that.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, that might be a fun video. I might

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<v Speaker 1>try to do something like that soon.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's just it's a very like I said, it

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<v Speaker 2>was an all inclusive, all just turnkey solution for mesh

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<v Speaker 2>tastic right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Spec five is the company. Specter is the name of

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<v Speaker 1>the device.

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<v Speaker 2>I will put a link in the description below for that,

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<v Speaker 2>so go check that out and thanks for watching today.