A brief video about one of my favourite apps, Zello. Here is the link to the video which the clip at the end of this video is from: • DMR vs FM testing UHF ... Help make my videos better: / radiosification
well explained i just found out about this today for our storm chasers notifications what keeps this private from other listeners? thank you so much for posting
Nice demo there Ben. Definitely a handy app. I noticed some people stream scanner/radio audio through zello too. I also like the sounds on 'TX/RX'. Cheers
+Ringway Manchester Thanks. The sounds are all default apart from the end of transmission tone which I made in audacity to sound like a Motorola TETRA radio haha.
Can I use this app to talk with a pillion bike rider while riding my bike ? What obstacles I'd face if I want to use it as an intercom between me as a bike driver and my pillion rider ?
You probably could but it would stop working if either of you lost internet. It would be better to just use a bluetooth system purpose build for motorbike riders
when i used zello you could select a city or district and there was allsorts of channels and you could talk to poeople like the way you can on a cb radio to strangers even , but cant see it on here
They have to have the app signed in, but not actually open. It can run in the background so the phone can be locked or using other apps and it'll still work
Does Zello work in the background, if the screen is off and the phknemis in your pocket, or can you communicate only after both phones launch the apps? And what if you have a team of 4 members. Can it broadcast just like a walkie talkie?
It can still work when the phone is locked actually. You still have to turn the screen on but don't need to unlock the phone. You can also use a headset or Bluetooth speaker mic that is compatible with Zello and set a button on that to be the PTT.
Can I buy a walkie talkie on eBay that works with zello and keep my phone number on it? In other words if I don't have my cell handy and somebody calls will it come through on the push to talk phone?
Short answer no. Walkie talkies don't work on zello and can't take phone calls unless you're connecting to a proper network which you'll have to pay a subscription for if it's even available and at that point it's basically like carrying a phone with a push to talk button
This is push to talk. You push the button and talk and it comes through instantly (almost) on the other person's phone. They don't have to answer the call or anything. Also you can do one-to-many calls so you talk and it comes out on a bunch of people's phones almost instantly
I thinking of getting a inrico TM-7 than using my tablet for it they look ok something that look a little like a radio there many make out there and model TM-7 is one of the model you can buy their from off Amazon all eBay by typing in network radio PTT like it up if you like their type of network radio
How come we don't have an app that works like a real Walkie Talkie? Without the internet? Peer-to-peer using wifi? Might be nice for bicycling or hiking etc..
If you are out in the country, where there aren't dozens of wifi routers in all directions, I'm sure you could connect with another phone within line-of-sight out to 100 meters. I've been experimenting with a cheap ZTE and an old iPhone 4 and they have more range than expected.. With a cheap outdoor antenna on a wifi router, even in a very active wifi neighborhood, www.amazon.com/Antenna-2-4GHz-Wireless-Indoor-Outdoor/dp/B008FH2ZBM I can hear wifi routers, laptops, wifi printers and wifi phones out to 300 meters. Using a Piratebox connected to my router, it's possible to text from phone-to-phone, piratebox.cc/openwrt:diy without the use of the internet. I can watch videos from the Piratebox files folder out to 100 meters easily. Listen to music out to 200 meters.. Put the Wifi analyzer app on your phone and check out it's range.. I think you might be surprised.
You can use "Intercom for Android". No Internet needed. It uses wifi and renge is 100 meters. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidintercom I'm looking simirar app for windows mobile 10.
It makes no sense u cant just use it in a saved conversation mode. People are busy. If your needing to say something but can't expect them to have it come thru live at that time it makes more sense to have it just notify u that someone said something and you can respond at your availability
I think you didn't understand how this works. It's over the internet, so it works wherever the phones have internet connection, via WiFi or mobile network data connection.
That is the disadvantage of that zello... you had to have wifi data.... but in two way you have to.... but I have zello in my phone... ahahahaha!!! Peace!!!😂😂😂
3:15 really I disagree on that ... I’m an avid Zello user I also have a ip radio And compared to RF line of sight. Where if your out of range you will surely lose connection While using Zello via WiFi aside using it globally Network connection is clear and certainly capable of sending txt and images That RF radio are lucking Unless ham operators have a taller antenna if they have one’ and mounted it on vans Just to say CQ😊 But with an ip radio you don’t need all of that . That’s how useful network radio is
@@radiosification Correct so why some ham operators say IP is not RADIO when in your words “Using some of that RF stuff’😊 renting network access is not a problem if they can buy an expensive ip how much more renting it’ and it’s a network android radio everyone uses android ... even ham operators paying for there license every time it expires And don’t forget the money invested in radio & equipments including the antennas mostly the taller antennas they been paying that at enormous price Imagine those dozens of radios bought by most Ham operators ‘ With a network raidio all you need is one unit or a phone in Zello App and your business is a sure win while others are still calling CQ FOR ME IP RADIO IS ANOTHER KIND OF RADIO AN EVOLUTION OF RADIOS THATS USES NEW TECHNOLOGY ITS. TECH EVOLUTION For fast moving peace time technology and not end of the world 🌎 use 😊 That’s for the RF radios job like uv5r and others like that’ It have its purpose and use And ip is growing rapidly Even ham operators are using it 😂 but still saying it’s not a radio... Anyway... as long it can help a person to communicate more easily more faster more reliable specially on none apocalyptic way’ it’s good enough to be a radio when it looks like a radio it talkie ptt like a radio plus other features like txt or sending image photos gps locator just to say a few ... compared to RF radio during business all it do is ptt Then ip is my ideal business or emergency use My RF radio will just have to stay in my house and relax while waiting for grid shutdown or end of the world prep type scenario For daily job or fun time Network radio is the new Tech evolution of radio That’s just the way it is 😊
I prefere the real stuff. We use real handsets all the time when we go on city trips so we are always able to find each other. But I can imaging Zello having a way bigger transmission range over the internet.
I was on about zello other day on Facebook I thinking of getting mobile radio network I thinking of getting a inrico TM-7 if you haven't saw them RU-vid inrico TM-7 can buy many network radio from off Amazon and eBay if you don't want to use personal phone as walkie talkie all radio for car all house as they build handheld type that look like walkie talkie and they build a mobile type that look little bit like a cb all a amateur radio like it up if you never heared of their before there many makes out there inrico is one of the make out there
No, zello only works over the internet. Phones are not much good for communicating back to back at any reasonable distance. For that you'll need to get some walkie talkies.
Actually they're much more reliable. Why do you think the emergency services all over the world use walkie talkies? If this was more reliable then they would already be using this because it would be much cheaper.
@@radiosification to me, in the middle of the USA, "walkie talkie" is a child's toy and police,fire, construction workers use "two way radios" that might explain some of the confusion here
