[TMRA] Fwd: [New post] APRS iGate built using a Raspberry Pi

[Chris]

I came across this, and thought some in the group might be interested...


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Subject: 	[New post] APRS iGate built using a Raspberry Pi
Date: 	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:41:10 +0000
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Mike Szczys posted: " The hardware seen above is used to bridge a local 
RF radio network to the APRS-IS network. The APRS-IS is an Internet 
Service that uses a web connection to communicate between APRS networks 
in different parts of the world. The Raspberry Pi is perfect "
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    APRS iGate built using a Raspberry Pi
    <http://hackaday.com/2012/10/19/aprs-igate-built-using-a-raspberry-pi/>

by Mike Szczys <http://hackaday.com/author/mikehackaday/>

The hardware seen above is used to bridge a local RF radio network to 
the APRS-IS network <http://www.ultratechie.com/2012/10/pigate/>. The 
APRS-IS is an Internet Service that uses a web connection to communicate 
between APRS networks in different parts of the world. The Raspberry Pi 
is perfect for this application because of its ability to connect to a 
network, and its native use of Linux.

On the software side the majority of the work is done by a Python 
script. It is responsible for setting up and monitoring a connection 
with an APRS-IS server. To connect to the handheld radio unit a USB 
sound card was used. The Multimon 
<http://www.baycom.org/%7Etom/ham/linux/multimon.html> package is used 
to send and receive audio packets through this hardware.

[Sunny] has a few upgrades planned for the system. The device needs to 
report its location to the APRS-IS server and the plan is to add 
functionality that will look of the WiFi AP's location automatically. It 
may also be possible to get rid of the radio all together and use a DVB 
dongle as a software defined radio 
<http://hackaday.com/2012/06/27/getting-started-with-software-defined-radio/>.

*Mike Szczys <http://hackaday.com/author/mikehackaday/>* | October 19, 
2012 at 10:39 am | Tags: APRS <http://hackaday.com/?tag=aprs>, aprs-is 
<http://hackaday.com/?tag=aprs-is>, multimon 
<http://hackaday.com/?tag=multimon>, RPi <http://hackaday.com/?tag=rpi> 
| Categories: radio hacks <http://hackaday.com/?cat=23971578>, Raspberry 
Pi <http://hackaday.com/?cat=69218551> | URL: http://wp.me/pk3lN-n0t

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