HamPi Ham Radio Software for Raspberry Pi from W3DJS (
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Dave Slotter, W3DJS, today releases version 1.0 of the HamPi image for the Raspberry Pi computer. It has all sorts of ham-related software, including fldigi and wsjt-x (and many others). I interview Dave about the new release. You can get the new release for yourself at Direct Download Links:
US Callsign Alpha Prefix download here: bit.ly/HamPi_1...
US Callsign Kilo Prefix download here: bit.ly/HamPi_1...
US Callsign November Prefix download here: bit.ly/HamPi_1...
US Callsign Whiskey Prefix download here: bit.ly/HamPi_1...
All other Prefixes download here: bit.ly/HamPi_1...
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Hi Trish! Thanks for the endorsement!
I love Raspberry Pis while I am coming a 3d printing and general technology background over to ham radio. I am seeing I have even more excuses to buy them. They can handle low overhead tasks with such a small form factor and efficiency that they will fit almost any where... Can't wait to try them out here as well.
Always enjoy your interviews. To paraphrase an old print add, “you meet the nicest people on a Dave Casler interview.”
I have been active on FT8 for over 3 years. Bought a IC-7300 a year back and just received the HamPi and the 4B 8G Raspberry Pi. Connected USB configured FT8 out of the box and within 5 minutes had my first QSO. Outstanding, simple very cost effective way to get active on WSJTX, WSPR and other digital modes. G4PEY.
Extra. Found to be as good on FT8 as my i5 Dell. It is less prone to RFI than my desktop computer and keeps good time.
In linux, you should be able to install new versions of software by simply running the update procedure for the raspberry pi. I believe that Raspian (The Pi OS) is debian based. In this case, run sudo apt update. After this completes run sudo apt upgrade. This should update the versions. You may need to add repositories for each of these programs, but this is much easier and safer than burning a new image each time you need to update.
Great video! I love the raspberry pi, I still have the first model I pre ordered when they first announced it. It’s a great little machine, don’t be afraid of Linux it’s a great OS. It’s great to see Hams embracing technology like the Pi, there is a lot that can be done with it.
Amazing! Today I use the Raspberry PI for almost everything in my rig. This image release makes easy by having all software already installed. Thanks and 73 de PY1ZB!
where did you find the image?
@@larsonl6376 Raspbian is an easy image to use with the Pi
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!! Now here is another thing to look into. Thank you so much for taking your time contacting the gentleman about this. So much great information. 73 Clark KG7LOI.
congrats Dave
on all your 105k + subscribers if only we could get at least 1000 subscribers we would be happy
Thanks Dave. This software will be really useful for guys like me who are doing digital modes while mobile.
I downloaded HamPi and installed it on my Pi 4. While testing, I noticed my Pi was overheating and thermal throttling. I tracked the problem down to a program running in the background to donate cpu cycles for radio telescope research (all four cores were running at 100%). I sent an email to the author (W3DJS). I received a rather nasty reply "Read the license agreement. If you don't like HamPi, don't use it."
I read the licensing info and saw that it said the user must not disable the background processing nor the nagware screen at startup. While I agree that donating CPU cycles for scientific research is a noble cause, I believe that the Pi, with known overheating problems, is a poor platform for this use. In addition, I believe these restrictions violate the spirit of open source, if not the GPL itself.
Needless to say, I no longer use HamPi.
73 de K4RS
Great effort Dave! Thank you very much!
Informative video from both of you guys, great job.
I'm watching this video as I download Ham Pi. Hoping to make some digital contacts next weekend.
Windows users: Unfortunately W3DJS chose to use a Linux ".tar" archive instead of .zip for the rest of us. The free program "7Zip" can deal with a .tar archive. BalenaEtcher can then work with the HamPi_vX.X.img.xz file inside.
--N2GX
WinZIP can also handle tar files.
Thanks for the video. Going to give this a shot. The README text should mention the minimum 16GB card requirement, preferably near the start. I seem to be awash in 8GB for some reason.
Loved the shot at Mesa Verde at the end. So it looks like i need to get another Raspberry Pi...or 2. Tnx and 73
Thank you, Dave/Dave. I will download tonight....
thanks Dave
Dave, you should also make a video covering the cm108 allstar mod now. It uses a cheap usb sound card and adds PTT to it for keying the radio.
Dave - 1st, I think we were at BYU at the same time. I transferred in from Rexburg in 1974 and was class of 1976.
Now, for the meat... (for both Dave's)
Do you know if Ham Pi will this work on a Pi Zero? I have one around here somewhere and if it will I'll dig it up. It TINY and might be a good addition to my kit.
BTW, great name, Dave S! Tell your XYL the logo rocks! I'm really looking forward to having this in my station AND in my 72-hour kit.
Keep it up, Dave! Probably the best Ham channel on UA-cam! I direct all new hams here.
Tom W8DOL
Former Action Guy
Im about to try this setup on a raspberry pi 3 :) im looking for a 3d printed case model to mount the radio :) very cool project to build
Really LIKED the video, I just have a question, can I use my existing micro SD card that was already loaded with HAMCLOCK for my pi3b+ just want to be sure I dont loose it. Thank you Dave
Awesome video, can’t wait to try it out 👍
There are others that are doing things like this. KM4ACK has this also, and his doesn't need keyboard or monitor. I have not yet done any of them yet but got a Raspberry Pi 4 to make one. I want to thank all that are working to make things easier for the ones of us that are not good at this. We all want to make thing better for all of us!
If only I can get this to work with my Kenwood TS850S
I'm not impressed with HamPi since none of the SDR radio apps seem to work! Another problem is if I wanted to install something else like Dump1090 or ADS-B there doesn't seem to be any way to do that. There is an Add/Remove software feature but it doesn't do anything! It looks like Skywave Linux would be a better choice.
Does anyone know how to find SDRAngel within HamPi?
Hi Dave did you ever get that little sound card plug to work. Just got a Raspberry Pi 4 and am wanting to put it to work with some new learning. This is what makes Ham radio so fun.
At the download site, which download is needed for which type of Raspberry Pi? I'm needing to run JS8Call, Packet, WEFAX, Etc...
If you enable sshd or a VNC server on this, you should *really* change the default password for the "pi" user and any other default users. If you are behind a home rputer/firewall, you're *probably* ok, but why make a hacker's job easier?
WOW, NICE. Try the Raspberry PI 400. Small.
When you install HamPi, uninstall everything associated with "boinc". It uses idle time for astronomy calculations and drives the cpu/memory usage to 100%. DE KG5AR
Thank you Dave. Have a great week. 73 N0QFT
Cant get it to extract in Linux
would be cool to get outpost (packet) apart of this image..
Anyone else having a problem converting a TAR file? You can't you a cloud to convert because the files to big.
7Zip should open the .tar file for you.
Or check out KM4ACK's Build-a-Pi V3 for a more flexible, and I think usable, way to do the same thing, with a more straightforward way to load his software.
What's the difference between the various prefix downloads?
Will I need an SDR dongle for my pi?
Tried HamPi and was unimpressed. To be fair, I never got anything working because my first try was setting up Direwolf and, upon finding out that there was no default configuration file, I closed it all up and re-inserted my KM4ACK Build-a-Pi SD card. If I have to hunt down a config file right off the bat, I'm not interested.
It's instructive that the developer hasn't tested on 'other' audio devices like your sound card dongle (which *will* work with Raspian, as long as the codec is recognized by Linux), only using more modern transceivers. If you're using a transceiver that doesn't have on-board digital connections (or a Signalink) you'll likely have problems setting up anything on a RPi, simply because of the way that Linux handles devices and the way that different programs report what the OS finds.
If this is your first exposure to Linux, then buckle up because while Linux isn't anything too scary, it ain't Windows. Folks who have been using Linux for a while (I've been using Ubuntu since Feisty Fawn) won't have any trouble but if you're a Windows user, Linux can be frustrating (as some of the comment questions show).
To be honest, I don't see much difference between HamPi and Build-a-Pi, except that HamPi is already built for you, while Jason's Build-a-Pi script allows you to choose what applications you want to install on top of the Raspian OS.
Great video Dave! I downloaded the unix tar file and used 7zip to extract it for windows. Once my new rasberry pi 4 shows up i can install it. Question...if I install this onto the card that has the rasberry pi o/s and boot files on it, will it create a separate directory for the HamPi app? Want to make sure I don't wipe out the boot files off the card. Thanks!
Be careful then. The download creates an entirely new Raspberry Pi image. I'd suggest doing it on a different card entirely from the one with your present image.
HamPi group is at
groups.io/g/Ham-Pi
73 David WA9ONY
Anywhere else I can find the necessary files to download? I have no idea how to deal with a torrent file.
You don't need to deal with Torrent files. Use the download links in the description below the video.
Does this download include the operating system? Or do you have to install that first?
Includes everything you need :)
so where's the file/image? i've traced every link i can see, and i don't see an image. thanks
It's in the large HamPi_v1.0.tar file. Download that, remove it from the archive and create the image on the microSD.
Hi Dave
Iv'e been interested in Rasbery Pi for a while .I don't have a Pi non. I have a question. The SD card has the operating system on it. so do you add the Ham Pi to that same
SD card? Or does Ham Pi have the operating system also.
The image is the OS + all the software so the image contains everything
The Ham Pi has the operating system. It is Linux, but I'm not sure what flavor. (there are different Linux os's but they all run basically the same and use mostly the same commands). I currently use a Debian distro, and have used Ubuntu (which started as a Debian distro), but there are several others that are popular.
where do you download the ham pi image? the git hub file triggered my anti-virus software
did you find the image? i can't find it
Micro SD Format. If I format on a Windows PC as FAT, will it be read by the Raspberry Pi?
You won't need to format the card at all.
Just download balena-etcher and use that to install the HamPi image file to the uSD card.
Stick it in your RPi and enjoy.
W!
Thanks
Link to torrent? Great job, thanks!
Found the link to the torrent: groups.io/g/RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio/message/11340
Do we need 2GB, 4GB or 8GB RAM. Can't find any info on this ?
8 min, suggest 16 GB.
@@davecasler alas on the raspberry pi 4 or 8 seems most likely. I have not seen a >8GB unit. Do you know which of the suite of programs needs the most RAM to run effectively ?
Will it run in a headless mode?
The RPi? Yes, I believe so.
@@davecasler I have about a half dozen headless RPi's around the shack at this instant.
KM4ACK has another. His Build A Pi. I saw and has a lot of things in it. I have not yet loaded it. I am saving up to get the Pi to use. The thing I would like to know what will do what I want to do best. Thank you for giving me information!
I wonder if it would be possible to put software such as XClass for Unix on HamPi to control a Ten-Tec RX-320D receiver since the only way to control it now is with software on a PC but it's so old that it mostly only runs on Windows 7. xclass.sourceforge.net/rx320.html
Is this related to the HamPi distribution that came out a few years ago and then stopped being updated?
I think it's something pretty new.
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