I wanted to just write a word of thanks to a couple of radio amateurs that have really helped me getting my Raspberry Pi and the radio sorted. When I first read about the Raspberry Pi it really sparked my imagination and I was hooked. It’s the same kind of fascination that I also have for CW and building kits. I had also never really got into integrating radio and computor together, so for me it was a real adventure to start learning a bit of Linux and programming the Pi to work with the radio.Plus, it’s something that just does not stop there. There is always something new that I can do. Sending email over the radio on HF and of course APRS on HF is great fun.

I use my FT817 in the shack with cat control and audio running direct into the 817, I don’t use a Signalink but I do have two Rigblasters. The problem with these is that they are not USB as I got them quite a few years ago now. They have the old DB9 connection so you have to use a DB9 – USB cable and they are quite unpredictable sometimes. Though, saying that the last time I used the Rigblaster with the Pi it worked fine. I also have an Icon 706mkII in the shack and I’m thinking about hooking that up soon. For that I will use the Rigblaster for the moment as I don’t have a cat control for that as of yet.

I have found it really interesting to look into the world of FT8, WSPR and JS8. JS8 I have really just started exploring and Patwinlink as well. Lots to do in the shack at the moment with various kits etc but like most of us there is also work to be done in the garden and a wife downstairs HIHI

So I would like to thank very much Jason KM4ACK who has done so many videos dedicated to the Raspberry Pi that I don’t think you really need any other source to get up and running. Also he has written extensive scripts which are available on Git Hub, just copy and paste. He has also been very helpful when ever I have asked any questions so a big thank you goes to him and I would recommend his YouTube channel to anyone who is interested in integrating their radio and the Pi :  Jason – KM4ACK

The other person is Julian OH8STN who also has a YouTube channel and has done some really interesting videos about how to integrate the Raspberry Pi and radio together for portable use.

I used various other channels, non radio related, on YouTube about the Raspberry Pi as there are just loads. In fact so many that it’s sometimes difficult to choose. There are videos about setting up a VPN, a cluster, NAS server, which OS is best, though I would recommend Rasbian for the Pi.  The list is almost endless and quite overwhelming as there are several ways of arriving at the same result.

73s till the next time

Stephen