This is a Livestream that I recorded with Dave, W3DJS, the creator of the HamPi image for Raspberry Pi that includes many useful Ham Radio apps! Raspberry Pi 4 Kit: https://amzn.to/3138cqh HamPi GitHub: https://github.com/dslotter/HamPi/ HamPi Direct Downloads: US Callsign Alpha Prefix download here: https://bit.ly/HamPi_1_0-W3DJS US Callsign Kilo Prefix download here: https://bit.ly/HamPi_1_0-WA4ZXV US Callsign November Prefix download here: https://bit.ly/HamPi_1_0-N5XMT US Callsign Whiskey Prefix download here: https://bit.ly/HamPi_1_0-KE8OHG All other Prefixes download here: https://bit.ly/HamPi_1_0-VE4VR [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR]
Very cool. I've rolled my own "Ham Pi" recently, works FB on weak signal and basic logging, but this one has a million apps, Going to flash a spare microSD and check it out. FWIW, the image will use your unused CPU cycles for radio astonomy (ala S.E.T.I.) purposes. It is disclosed in the README. Not sure how that affects battery life... I am still eager to try this out. Thanks!
Best add-on for the HamPi, especially for Digital Modes and Satellite Tracking is the $60 GPS hat that plugs directly into the GPIO bus on the Pi: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S7FAJC4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Shown here (the Blue PC Board) plugged into the Pi For $60, and 30 minutes of time following simple Debian programming instructions available on YouTube you can have your own STRATUM ONE time server, the Hat synchronizes time with satellite constellations (via included window antenna) and passes PPS Pulses (at STRATUM 1) to feed the PI's Real-Time Clock. Take another 20 minutes to configure an NTP Server and pass STRATUM 2 clock signals to your entire network. It's amazing how small and inexpensive these units have become. In the military we needed precise timing to synchronize our comm/crypto gear, the units were fed by PPS pulses produced by Huge Cesium clocks the size of a small refrigerator. The Cesium clocks are gone from the scene, we now install GPS based clocks at military bases; while the physical footprint has been reduced to the size of DVD player, the commercial GPS versions still cost upwards of $20K, mostly due to the downlink encryption With the PI + GPS HAT I have the near-equivalent accuracy of WWV on all NTP devices in my shack, and only for $60! Ensure that the GPS Hat board you purchase supports PPS, it's not always clear in the listings.
I found Ham Pi to be half-baked. It's missing dependencies (jq and yad) for patmenu, maybe others. I decided to roll my own.
I really only wanted a couple of apps from the huge list that HamPi has, so my build is nothing special. YAAC for APRS, pat for Winlink Packet, direwolf for pat and YAAC, then fldigi for FSQ - all focused on VHF operation.
My Pi 4 4gb will be here today. Ham Pi has stability issues on a pi3 but Dave has mentioned it in one of his talks. Friend running it on a pi4 doesn't have the issues I am seeing with WSJT-x. Plan on using it for WSPR, FT8 and Sat tracking. There is another guy out there KM4ACK who has a good discussion group and support for what he is doing as well as numerous Youtube videos covering his build methodology. (different from Ham Pi) -73 -Mike
I'll wait until it works better. Using Pi 3b+. It locks up the usb wireless mouse and keyboard after a 1/2 hour of no activity... Great Idea but I'll wait to make it a permanent OS until all the bugs have been shaken out.
