Homemade e-caller

Finished up my e-caller today. Pretty happy with it. Mounted the decoy base on top stores inside nicely. I use my iPhone for calls, I got a long cord i run back to where i sit (about 100') really works nice and very cheap.

How are you hooked up to the speaker?

My iPhone plugs into an amplifier(radio shack 14.99). Then my speaker is in the out plug of the amp.

Cool. What do you think your total cost was?

50 dollars total
15 for amp
20 for speaker
5 for cords
10 for decoy (on sale)

Going to do this. Thanks for the info.

Its very simple. The sounds from the iPhone are crystal clear and with the amp and the phone you get 2 volume controls which works great to get the sound perfect. I have been hearing coyotes all around my house every night can't wait to get out after them.

make sure you tell them about airplane mode.lol

What sounds are you using or did you make your own?

There are several free downloads you can get.
Like Kyle reminded me put you phone in airplane mode this will disable the actual phone and prevent it from ringing over the speaker. Learned that one the hard way.

Don't use the ones from the app store. I got mine from an actual. Website. I will try to find it and post a link

http://www.varmintal.com/ahunt.htm#Calling

Good ole Varmit Al's Web site. That is one of the first places I went to read about hunting coyotes. I still have some of the calls from there that I downloaded onto my ipod device.

The siren sounds worked great when I played them though a Radio Shack Amphlier and loud speaker.

In fact I'm going to use the Radio Shack Outdoor 50 Watt Speaker with my FoxPro FX3 caller the next time I go out. I found out today that I can get a lot more volume out of the external outdoor 50 wat speaker than I can with the one's built into the FX3 caller. And I think that the sounds are better using the external speaker. The only thing that's bad is that I have to carry one more thing out into the field to make a stand. Every thing adds up in weight and bulk and makes carrying everything into the field harder.

How is radio shack still in business???

How is your caller working out?

I made the Varmint Al e-caller probably 5 years ago and still use it today. I used one of his calling sequences on the very first stand I ever made and killed a nice female at about 15 yards.

Nice! I plan to make one. I have my parts list for when I go to Radio Shack.

I can't wait to do this over the holidays. I have to think though that there could be a wait to eliminate the wire from the phone and have the amp get the signal wirelessly?

a wireless microphone and receiver is one option to go wireless. They start at about $80 from what I have found.

The caller goes from "el cheapo" to "not so el cheapo" fast

Is there a parts list out there for this homebrew e-caller? This would be a great project for me and my youngboy to build.

Decent video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8ImEWLSSk

RadioShack® Mini Audio Amplifier
Catalog #: 277-1008
$14.99

amazon.com
Belkin Speaker and Headphone Splitter $3.49

PYLE PSP8 All Weather 5-Inch Trumpet Speaker $9.88 each

3.5 mm cable 36 inches long $5.00

9 volt battery for amplifier

iphone or ipod touch or other mp3 player

old cooler (free)

1 inch screws to mount speakers (free)

I got my free sounds here:

http://www.varmintal.com/coy5-20.htm

http://ewcalls.com/call-sounds

Thanks for the list Chevy. Going to try this.

Where did you get all your supplies? My radio shack had nothing.

amazon.com for most everything I needed.

Only the mini amp is from radio shack.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062620


I got the rest from amazon.com

Belkin Speaker and Headphone Splitter $3.49
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Speaker-and-Headphone-Splitter/dp/B000067RC4

PYLE PSP8 All Weather 5-Inch Trumpet Speaker $9.88 each
http://www.amazon.com/PSP8-Weather-...SP8+All+Weather+5-Inch+Trumpet+Speaker


3.5 mm cable 36 inches long $5.00
http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-S...1387933680&sr=1-1&keywords=+3.5+mm+cable