[K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Gathering for FLdigi Support

Sat Jan 16 11:24:32 EST 2016

>From my viewpoint, the goal is to interface it with HF for rig control and
signaling through the GPIO port.  There is supporting information on doing
this through the link I provided.

John, AK3Z

-----Original Message-----
From: K3PZN-List [mailto:k3pzn-list-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Steve S
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 11:17 AM
To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Gathering for FLdigi Support

Are you guys planning on getting FLDIGI to work on HF or just acustically
coupling to use on VHF/UHF?

73;
Steve

-------- Original message --------
From: John Chesley <hamster749 at comcast.net>
Date:01/16/2016 11:11 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Carroll County Amateur Radio Club' <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi Gathering for FLdigi Support

All:

I found the following link for Fldigi with Raspberry Pi.  If you can follow
the procedure will be able to install it on your device.  Pat and I met this
morning and had a productive session, but had some difficulty in getting
connected to the Net at Panera.  For future meetings, we may want to choose
a place where internet access is less restricted.

http://indyham.com/news/rasperry-pi-simple-install-script-for-fldigi-include
s-rigcontrol-compiled/

Please continue to work on interfacing the Pi with your radio and share any
thoughts/progress and Pat will let us know when/where the next meeting is.

Thanks.

John, AK3Z

-----Original Message-----
From: K3PZN-List [mailto:k3pzn-list-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 4:17 PM
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
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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