[K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Gathering for FLdigi Support

Wed Jan 13 19:07:00 EST 2016

Pat, 

I would love to join you guys this Saturday but I am involved in Stagelighters (The Theatre program at South Carroll I am the lighting designer) and I have shows Thursday Friday and Saturday so I wouldn't be able to make it. I don't know if I stated in my post to the reflector that I had ordered a new keyboard and a bigger SD card. I will have that stuff by next week and I will try to set up Raspian and will start looking at these programs. Do you recommend anything I should use for resources or help if I need it since I can't be there Saturday?

Thanks!

73 KC3FMP

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> From: patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:16:54 +0000
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Gathering for FLdigi Support
>
> Kyle, Steve, Pete and all CCARC,
>
> Without getting bogged down in a new Special Interest Group (SIG)
> that "goes on ad nauseam" I suggest an "ad hoc" approach to get all
> parties up and running with a working Raspberry Pi (regardless of
> version) with at least the Raspian ("Jessie" version, or v4.1 if you
> prefer numbers) on it. And then take it a few steps from there in
> the future and meet only when group help is needed. We'll figure
> it out along the way. Any how, ...
>
> So, we will meet this Saturday morning in Eldersburg NEAR the Public
> Library, and then again before and after the next CCARC general club
> membership meeting on Monday, February 8. Okay? At the next
> CCARC meeting in February we will decide if and when we will have
> Another splinter meeting, say, in Finksburg or Westminster or in
> KH6-land. (That's Hawaii, a silly joke for DXers, folks!)
>
> NOTE: See the Reference Message links below (and others) to catch
> up to us and our original plans and purposes if needed.
>
> NEXT AGENDA
> Our next agenda is simple and two-fold. FIRST, to make sure everyone
> has a Raspberry Pi that boots properly and displays the Raspian desktop
> with all the goodies under the Menu button, such as the LibreOffice
> package, software library link/window, Python and Java programming
> language utilities, the Command line prompt, etc. and perhaps even
> the "GPredict" satellite tracking program that several of us added after
> this last Monday's club meeting. SECOND, we will all attempt to find
> FLdigi (the famous radio messaging system that the ham radio
> Emergency Communications folks and others have adopted as a
> defacto standard) and install it and configure it BEFORE we meet.
>
> This is our "homework" -- and the key word is "attempt." Give it a try
> for at least an hour or so before Saturday.
>
> For EXTRA CREDIT if you have the time and means, you can ponder
> how you might interface the FLdigi software on your Ras-Pi hardware
> to a transceiver (identify a make and model) of your choice.
>
> So, when we meet, whether you were successful in your homework
> or NOT, bring what you need help on, if anything. And then plan on
> discussing what you learned so far and helping others get to the
> same point in this exercise.
>
> THIS SATURDAY'S GATHERING (January 16)
> No earlier than 9:00 AM EST at the Panera Bread restaurant in the
> strip mall on Georgetown Blvd & Liberty Road (MD 26), less than a
> mile West of the cluster of businesses: the McDonald's, Radio Shack,
> Denny's and new WalMart stores and the Eldersburg Public Library.
> Go west of those shops! FYI, the Panera Bread opens at 6:30 AM.
> We do not need to sit all together in one section. We can drift
> around like bumble bees and flowers. There are a number of
> electrical outlets on the outer walls scattered around different
> tables but not all. Please buy something to eat and drink. Free
> WiFi is the norm. I think I measured the speeds before to be the
> IEEE 802.11n type, so that should be good for your Pi and other
> devices. Let's hope it works out for us! ... We are good at
> winging it, eh?
>
> Now, go attempt the homework as best you can.
>
> HPE TO C U THERE.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
> N8PK-FM19
>
> REFERENCE MESSAGES (See third one as "main" announcement)
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/k3pzn-list/
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/k3pzn-list/2016-January/006961.html
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/k3pzn-list/2015-December/006956.html
>
> TO INSTALL GPREDICT SOFTWARE
> Type this line at the terminal window when you have Internet:
> sudo apt-get install gpredict
> The Pi will then download and install the GPredict software for you
> and return to the same command prompt once it has finished. To
> start the software up, from the same terminal window, simply type:
> gpredict [and hit the Enter key]. For more help you can go to
> http://g4vxe.blogspot.de/2013/11/using-raspberry-pi-and-gpredict.html
>
> See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Software
> and http://www.RaspberryPi.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:57 PM
> Subject: Raspberry Pi Gathering
>
> Hi Pat;
>
> Is there going to be a special Raspberry Pi gathering? I'm interested.
>
> 73; Steve, N3SB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Thornton [mailto:kyle.3599 at outlook.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:16 PM
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Interest
>
> Hello All,
>
> I hope I'm aloud to post here but before I start something I would like to introduce myself I'm Kyle KC3FMP I've been a member of the club since September of 2015 but have not been able to make the meetings until starting last night 1/11/15. At the meeting I saw a lot of raspberry pi "stuff" and it made me remember when I was interested in the raspberry pi. To make this short I dug mine out and ordered a new wireless keyboard and mouse but I was also wondering what can I make "Ham Related" on a cheaper budget. Id like to get back into the raspberry pi hobby but I don't know that much programming etc. I'd like to learn more about it and things I can do with it and the programming behind it. I saw that there was a raspberry pi group gathering but I'm not completely sure if that is what I'm looking for. If anyone would like to get in touch with my I monitor the following frequencies: 145.410 and 146.430 or you can email me at kc3fmp at gmail.com or kyle.3599 at outlook.com
>
> Thanks
>
> 73
>
> KC3FMP
>
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