Home made E Caller

[jjort]

I would have loved to buy a foxpro but cant get past the cost of what it really is... Cheapest one is around $200 before taxes and delivery etc. So I thought I would make my own for $70

Amplifier from deal extreme - $20 (SD card reader built in)
speakers from xs cargo - $15
Rechargeable battery from princess auto - $35 (I'm sure I could find one cheaper but not sure where)



The Bradey bunch suitcase from the 70's and the rest of the materials I had laying around the house.
It's real loud and all you have to do is put your sequence on the sd card, push the on button and walk away. 2 mins later it starts up.
You could also use it to play mp3s outside for a lawn party if you wanted.
I wouldn't advise recording ticking noises and leaving it at an airport.
This is what I ended up with (still have to paint it green )

 

[Superbrad]

Retarded.....

Retarded cool that is... Great ingenuity... Don't screw it up and paint it green though... Do a proper home camo job on it.... Look in the hunting boat thread to see what I did to my hunting boat... I can help you do it up for cheap...

 

[JustBen]

That is a pretty ingenious setup you have there!

The only thing that could improve it would be to have a remote for turning it on/off or up/down.

 

[skypilot]

I have a similar setup in a green Coleman cooler so I can have Stereo music on my ATV.

Here is my home made e caller. I use an old Blackberry Curve for mp3 player.

 

[jjort]

That is a pretty ingenious setup you have there!

The only thing that could improve it would be to have a remote for turning it on/off or up/down.

It does come with a remote but you would have to leave the lid open to use it

 

[tbooker]

What is Deals Extreme?

 

[jjort]

What is Deals Extreme?

Its an online store from China.... pretty cheap and shipping is included

dealextreme.com

 

[thebuckhunter]

Love it! A little big for me but, you own it. Good job. I made one several years ago. I used a 4" sanitary "T" pipe elbow. Much more compact but you got lemon dolby twins!

-Jason

 

[TheTooner]

thebuckhunter, does your free otokiak offer include shipping?

 

[saskcop]

Great work! You know there will be 100 guys on here trying that now.

 

[Chas]

Did one similar with flip up lid lunch size Coleman cooler - you could do that as well and compact the size of the unit you lug around - I will look for a link to the photo.

 

[thebuckhunter]

thebuckhunter, does your free otokiak offer include shipping?

Nope! LOL! Waiting for him to get out of the pink and back in the stink.... haha!

-Jason

 

[jackrabbit000]

I would have loved to buy a foxpro but cant get past the cost of what it really is... Cheapest one is around $200 before taxes and delivery etc. So I thought I would make my own for $70

Very nice but where's the sub?

 

[ctwo]

Nice setup! I wanted to try a call and had a bluetooth speaker that I got online for 10 bucks and just used my cell phone with a downloaded sequence. Wasn't loud enough though, so I might try something like you have setup there next time.

 

[roccoskeet]

Looks good does it have enough power ay 30 watts to belt out the sound ?

Thanks

 

[mrgoat]

Very nice, gives one a good feeling of accomplishment to design something then build it from scratch.

You realize you have just tripled the price of old suit cases at garage sales.

 

[Why not?]

Great outfit! Now do the same with a small cooler, and keep the battery warm for longer periods.

Ted

 

[bellero]

Good on you, I hope it'll work great.

 

[Crashman]

A buddy of mine built something similar, but he added an FM transmitter and a small battery powered FM radio. This allowed him to have the ability to control what sounds he was playing. He plugged the transmitter into his MP3 player and used it like a remote, the radio would recieve the signal, which was plugged into an amplifier and finally the speakers. Worked like a charm!