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Raspberry pi

 

Does anyone in the group use a raspberry pi in their shack? If so, what do you use it for or maybe some suggestions on what to use it for. Maybe even portable. Thoughts.....
 

I have two of them. I use one for ADS-B decoding and feeding. The other I use as a DMR/DStar hotspot. They're both operating in headless mode running custom software.?
 

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I use it for RIGPI and? PiStar Digital hotspot.? It opens doors to remote operations and Digital Modes.? It is great for operation that is more efficient than direct front panel radio control.? What are you considering?? WA3IDX,? Fred



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From: "K4LCK, David via groups.io" <davidcrm@...>
Date: 5/14/20 3:16 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [W4PRC] Raspberry pi

Does anyone in the group use a raspberry pi in their shack? If so, what do you use it for or maybe some suggestions on what to use it for. Maybe even portable. Thoughts.....

 

First, thanks for responding to my inquiry. Being disabled and on a fixed income kinda limits me too what I can do. I pretty much have to work with what I have. I am unable to do dstar and dmr because I don't have the equipment. I was considering perhaps some of the other digital modes like ft-8 etc. It will be something that I can physically do myself. I do however have a thing for portable operation so something my wife can help me do. I chose the raspberry pi because it was inexpensive and some what powerful for it's size. I have done some programming back in the day with Cobol, Fortran and Pascal but not sure how that would translate to the pi. So what do you think? Something I can do or should I try another approach?
 

Again, thanks Fred and Josh for sharing you projects with me. After a day of reflection, I realize how narrow my focus was for this powerful little device. So, back to the books for me.

Thanks guys.
73
David
K4LCK
 

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The Raspberry Pi is a great tool for anyone that likes to learn more and do more with HAM radio and computers.? The information is all on the internet.? The challenge is to search out the details for the specific radio you have and it's digital interfaces.? To be honest it doesn't require much programming, but does take a lot of searching for a the missing links in every explanation.? I spent months on it.

I'm very happy with the RPi?for FLDigi for. PSK31 etc, and WSJTX for FT-8, using a Yaesu FT-991a.
Most rescent I bought a ZUM Hotspot for PiStar and find it a lot of fun for digital radio, worldwide with no antenna, just internet.

Good Luck, 73



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-------- Original message --------
From: "K4LCK, David via groups.io" <davidcrm@...>
Date: 5/15/20 12:20 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [W4PRC] Raspberry pi

First, thanks for responding to my inquiry. Being disabled and on a fixed income kinda limits me too what I can do. I pretty much have to work with what I have. I am unable to do dstar and dmr because I don't have the equipment. I was considering perhaps some of the other digital modes like ft-8 etc. It will be something that I can physically do myself. I do however have a thing for portable operation so something my wife can help me do. I chose the raspberry pi because it was inexpensive and some what powerful for it's size. I have done some programming back in the day with Cobol, Fortran and Pascal but not sure how that would translate to the pi. So what do you think? Something I can do or should I try another approach?

 

For remote control of your radio via RPi, see?

Dr. Bill
W4ISH
 

I use one for a UHF DVAP USB dongle for D-star and I have one for Flight Aware flight tracking, and I have one with Xastir on it for a portable APRS station. So I have three in use in the shack.

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Ron Malinowski, WX4GPS

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