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Hi everyone, I posted this on another aussie hunting forum, and I wanted to whack it here for everyone to check out. I have posted the original post, and my follow up post here. Enjoy. Hi all, I got the E-Caller bug, and had to build my own. Still needs some camo paint. So here it is, parts list: 2 x 30 watt 8 ohm horn speakers (Jaycar $30 each) 1 x 15watt 2 channel amp (Jaycar $30) 1 x 12volt 9Ah SLA battery (battery world $49, I use also for my Blitz 240 spoty) 1 x Handle (bunnings $3) 1 x 10amp light switch (bunnings $4) 1 x foam tape (bunnings $4) 1 x double sided 3M tape (ebay $15 for heaps!) 1 x NADY DKW-1 lapel mic system ($70 shipped ebay) silicone PVA glue crap loads of screws 12mm MDF board (bunnings $6) Iphone/ipod 2 x 3.5mm male to male stero jack cables (Jaycar $3) 3-4 cable nail things wire and solder skills JOB DONE, very proud, LOUD AS ALL GET OUT!! should do the trick, looking forward to trying it out soon. Thanks for looking. Just an update! Well took out last week. Went for a night run. It was freezing cold, and we didn't see much in the first 20 mins. Decided to pack up and go somewhere else, when we noticed a fox behind us. We had packed up the gear, unloaded the guns, and were walking back, so we were totally un prepared for this late comer. We set back up, but by the time we did, he had gone out of range. We noticed a few more all out of range though. Maybe we didn't wait long enough? It also worked on a bunch of cows, and a few roos as well! I decided to check weather the recording I had were any good at all. So I took the foxinator out (no guns) just to see if I could call a few in. When I got to my location, the battery had moved and pulled a wire clean out of the amp PC board. That was the end of that. Next mod is to fix down the battery properly. Anyway, I decided to pair up the bluetooth on the phone to the car, and open the windows and play the call track, just from my car on the side of the road. Let it play for 30 seconds, turned on the spotty, and had a fox within 25 yards staring at me. I continued to let the call tracks play, and called 7 foxes in total toward the car. So the tracks work! I need to get the foxintor out again. The only thing I wasn't happy with when using it, was the range (30 yards at best). But I realised that the length of the cable between my transmitter and Iphone, is doubled as my antenna, and it is only 50cm long. I need to make it around 2m I reckon, then it should great good range. Thats the next thing to test. Chucked on some camo...ish paint today, pretty happy with how it looks, just wana nail a redskin with it!! Next thing to get is a .204, and I will be sorted. The old 30.06 and .22lr arnt quite the right guns for the job. They will work, but I wnat something in the middle. Pics for you!