Message from @kontroll
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I can sell you my custom SNES controller. You think the 8bitdo face buttons are stiff?
Mine are fucking rigid.
Unintentionally?
Yes.
I bought components blindly.
That sucks
$2 chink components.
I'll live.
What sucks is that getting new parts will take ages. 😄
But I know which ones to get.
Custom controller making seems like fun in a way
But I imagine all the good components cost
It's not *that* bad. And mine's more customized than fully custom, but I did go the cheap route purely to learn.
To be truly custom I'd need a 3D printer, of all the meme things.
I wonder if you could make a faux version of one of the Neo Geo ones with the click pad
Sure.
That's the kind of stuff I wish you could just straight out buy - clone controllers with good components
If you're looking to make or mod a controller with mechanical switches, 100 grams of actuation force seems to be the sweet spot.
AND it's also difficult to find cheapo surface mounted components that fit that particular bill.
Friend of mine tells me I should start selling them.
Much easier that way
Certainly for me.
Wouldn't need to stock anything but components. No worrying about sourcing good quality controllers, original or otherwise.
@transience What radio are you using to spy on folks?
shitty binatone pmr446 radio that you can buy from any department store
had one sitting in my drawer for years
Ah, I was hoping for something chinky to buy.
you can get radios that do it from China
but they aren't that cheap
I bought a baofeng uv-5r from amazon, same price as ali but ships from the UK
should be here tomorrow
you can sometimes find tecsuns cheaper and for what they do at how small they are it's pretty good value I'd say
if all you want to do is snoop on people like @Transience#0182 is
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i got a Baofeng UVB2 probably 6months ago but i couldnt figure out how to listen in on peoples conversations after an hour or 2 i gave up
How much better would they work for listening in, compared to tbe uv-5r?
I don't own a Tecsun so I can't say, I know they're heavily memed in ham radio circles though
for being so portable yet powerful as a LW/SW scanner