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WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO RIGBLASTER BLUE INTERFACE I CAN ALMOST HEAR THE SIGHS.
NOT ANOTHER REVIEW OF A DIGITAL MODE INTERFACE.  WELL, YES AND NO.  THE
WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO RIGBLASTER BLUE IS FAR FROM BEING YOUR RUN OF THE MILL
INTERFACE.  IN FACT, IT PROVED TO BE ALMOST 40 FEET FARTHER.  ALLOW ME TO
EXPLAIN THE BLUE IN RIGBLASTER BLUE STANDS FOR WIRELESS BLUETOOTH
TECHNOLOGY.  IT IS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT RESIDES IN EVERYTHING FROM CELL
PHONES TO WIRELESS SPEAKERS.  BLUETOOTH IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR SHORT
RANGE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY ON THE PLANET.  IT ALLOWS YOU TO PLACE CELL PHONE
CALLS THROUGH A TINY EARPIECE WHILE THE PHONE ITSELF REMAINS IN YOUR POCKET
OR IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE GLOVE COMPARTMENT.  IT ALLOWS HOME THEATER
ENTHUSIASTS TO PLACE LOUDSPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THEIR HOMES WITHOUT THE
HASSLES OF SNAKING WIRES UNDER CARPETS OR AROUND BASEBOARDS.  AND IN THE
CASE OF THE RIGBLASTER BLUE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO OPERATE YOUR TRANSCEIVER AT A
DISTANCE WITHOUT A RATS NEST OF INTERCONNECTING CABLES.  WITH THE
RIGBLASTER BLUE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN YOUR WEEKLY PHONE NET FROM THE
COMFORT OF YOUR EASY CHAIR THE ONE IN THE DOWNSTAIRS FAMILY ROOM.  OR, WITH
A LAPTOP COMPUTER OR A TABLET, YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR RADIO AND OPERATE
DIGITAL MODES FROM THAT SAME EASY CHAIR.  CABLES AND JUMPERS THE RIGBLASTER
BLUE IS COMPACT AT ONLY 1 1/4 X 6 1/4 X 4 INCHES.  YOU CAN POWER IT FROM
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