409Shop Mini Radio Tease

Yeah, so I'm curious...

Mini Radio, coming soon, like the size of an AA battery, please note！#Radio #walkietalkie #mini #battery#409shop #ahuago #surecom

— 409Shop Limited (@409Shop) September 15, 2016

TDXOne TD-Q7

Via Nate...

A sorta big brother to the TDXOne TD-Q3... the TD-Q7 even has an external antenna! While a "FUN" button is always nice, I'm still looking for the tiny VHF radio.

TDXONE TD-Q7 Black 400-480MHz 3W Radio

Is Customized : Yes

Talk Range : 3.0Km

Type : Two Way Radio

Radio Type : Portable

Storage Channel:99

Maximum Range : 1.5km-3 km

Is Display : Yes

Dimensions : 10 x 5 x 2 cm

Frequency Range : 400-480MHz

Model Number: TDX-Q7

Instructions:

1.       Delicate and  ultrathin appearance, Small and exquisite, Convenient to carry

2.       Various function,prolonged standby time,loud and clear sound.

All of our item are brand News
Model	TD-Q7
Frequency Range	UHF
Channel capacity	16/99
Output power	<=3W
Operating Voltage	3.7V
Antenna	undetachable
Working Temperature	-20°C+50C
Frequency Spacing	12.5/25kHz
Battery capacity	1800mAh
Color	yellow,blue,red,white,green,black
size	14x5x2cm
Weight(Include Battery)	102g
Feature
FM radio	Yes
Emergency alarm	Yes
Flashlight function	Yes
Scan function	Yes
Monitor function	Yes
Key lock function	Yes
Volume adjustment	Yes
Low battery indication	Yes
Voice purification function	Yes
TOT(timer-out time)	Yes
CTCSS/DCS	38CTCSS/83DCS

TDXOne TD-Q3

A step in the right direction in my quest for a tiny 2M radio - except it is UHF - the TDXOne TD-Q3 (409Shop - $28.50 or Amazon - $38). Dimensions are 82 x 47 x 24 mm. The 409Shop says it can be expanded to 99 channels, but everything else says 16.

409Shop:

Model:	TD-Q3
Frequency Range:	UHF 440-480MHz
Channel capacity:	16(can be extened to 99)
Output power:	<=3W
Operating Voltage:	3.7V
Antenna:	Built-in aerial
Working Temperature:	-20°C—+50°C
Frequency Spacing:	12.5/25kHz
Battery capacity:	1800mAh
Color:	Blue
Dimension(Exclude antenna) :	82x47x24mm
Weight(Include Battery):	95g
Feature:
FM radio:		Yes
Emergency alarm:		Yes
Flashlight function:		Yes
Scan function:		Yes
Monitor function:		Yes
Key lock function:		Yes
Volume adjustment:		Yes
Low battery indication:		Yes
Voice purification function:		Yes
TOT(timer-out time) :		Yes
CTCSS/DCS:		38CTCSS/83DCS

Tiny 2M

One of these for $12 and a few more components plus some sort of miracle increase in my intelligence and I can have the tiny 2M radio for my runs.

Tiny 2M Receiver

So several people (both on my post and the reddit thread) suggested looking at the Alinco radios for a tiny receiver option - specifically the DJC7.  That thing is extremely thin and has many more features than what I was talking about.

I also found this old thread on AR-15.com

But I want something even smaller - along the lines of this size would be great (see picture below). That's $13.99 for a "High Quality mp3 player 1.8" LCD screen 100% 8GB slim 4th player with FM radio video play games free shipping wholesale." I don't think volumes would be such that you would get down to that price, but I wonder how hard it would be to replace the chip (87MHz -108MHz) with one that would receive the amateur 2M frequencies. I'd like to have it for running as I've said before. I can think of a few other uses. For example, if you want to allow people without a license to easily listen without loaning them a transceiver - particularly for monitoring at an event - this might fit the bill.

Tiny 2M Receiver

I was running the other day while listening to my iPod and was wishing I had a 2M receiver in that form factor. I thought it would be nice to listen to have the option of listening to the repeaters. (Even a UV-3R would be too big for my ideal running companion.) My 6th generation iPod Nano uses the headphone wire as the antenna, but I prefer the physical buttons of my 2nd generation iPod Shuffle. Being able to easily start or stop a scan while on the move would be great. And while I am dreaming, I want to use CHIRP to load the repeater frequencies.

Anybody seen anything close to what I'm talking about? Am I the only one that would be interested in this sort of device?

(This reddit post got me thinking about this again. I think about lots of things while I run, but that's not the best time for me to record them for later.)