Hamshack Raspberry Pi: How to Use the Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio Activities

By James Baughn K9E0H

Use a forty-dollar credit card–sized computer to enhance your amateur radio operating. Learn how to set up and configure the computer. Then learn how to install operating aids, such as logging, timekeeping, satellite tracking, and Morse code practicing. Communicate in sixteen digital modes. Design antennas and save, restore, and manage memory for your radios.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524691646

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© 2017 James Baughn K9EOH. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 05/12/2017

ISBN: 978-1-5246-9165-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-9163-9 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5246-9164-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017907546

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Raspberry Pi

Accessories for the Raspberry Pi

A short development history

Program installation sections

Task Bar Information

Chapter 2 Setup

Wi-Fi setup

SD Card Configuration

Backing up the SD card

Turning the Raspberry Pi on and off

Chapter 2 Initial Software

Samba Installation

Printer Setup3

Adding Printers

Chapter 4 Adding Ham Radio Programs

Hamradiomenus: Establishes Menus

Aldo: Morse Code

Chirp: Configuration tool for amateur radios

Fldigi: Digital Modem Program

gpredict: Satellite Tracking

Trusted QSL-Logbook of the World

Gworldclock - World Clock

Xlog: a logging program for Hams

Xnec2c: Calculate and Display Antenna Properties

Appendix A Current Pi Model Information

Appendix B CLI Useful commands

Appendix C Useful websites

Appendix D Bibliography

Appendix E Glossary

Appendix F End Notes

James Baughn made his first ham radio contact as KN9EOH, operating Morse code on September 23, 1956. He passed his General license in Chicago and while in the Navy, as a radioman, he earned his Extra Class License. He was active in the Navy Military Affiliate Radio System relaying messages to and from military personnel in Vietnam and their loved ones in America. Living in Sweet Owen County Indiana he became heavily involved with the amateur radio community. He was the Owen County Amateur Radio Association’s public information officer, secretary and webmaster for their site www.owencountyara.org and has been the Owen County Emergency Coordinator. He checks into the Indiana Traffic Net and Indiana Digital Traffic net.

He worked with computer hardware and software beginning in 1966 when he joined IBM as a Field Engineer. He opened one of the first home computer stores in Indianapolis in early 1977. Later he covered Indiana and surrounding states working on DEC, Data General and Apollo CAD/CAM systems. He retired from Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company’s Information Technology division in 2007.

He believes the rise of the Raspberry Pi today is as exciting as the rise of the personal computers in the ‘70s.

Chapter 1

Introduction to the Raspberry Pi

Accessories for the Raspberry Pi

In order to install the programs in this book the minimum requirements are:

1) Raspberry