Modern take on electronics and RF Engineering
In part two of the live packet radio series build, we set up VARA and Direwolf in such a way that they can share COM/PTT ports, as well as run multiple instances of each per radio. Before moving onto the applications, we need to make sure that our TNCs (Dire wolf and VARA) will auto start if a reboot is […]
In order to forward email from your BPQ32 or LinBPQ node, you will first need to register with Winlink as a SysOp. You can find more information about registering and becoming a Winlink SysOp (System Operator) here. Once you have been granted access to the CMS Servers, you will be able to allow your node users to send email to […]
Click here for Part 1 Setting up Remote Desktop with NoMachine In part one of this build, I had configured windows remote desktop so we can access our packet note remotely. Windows remote desktop protocol comes with a few issues when it comes to our packet node. Mainly, you will notice that the audio devices get disabled when we remote […]
Now that I’ve concluded the base packet radio series, where we went from an introduction to packet, BPQ32, all the way up to an TCP/IP Stack in Linux, it’s time to build my dream packet node. The is the first post in a new series made to take you from A-Z of building a stable, robust, and secure packet radio […]
I don’t think enough people know about this, so I decided to make a post here for those looking. You can connect to your average YSF (Yaesu System Fusion), DMR and M17 reflector using your computer and talk with any connected headset. Droidstar is openSource, and the source code can be found here. Downloads Grab the Windows 64 bit version […]
This guide will get you a working TCP/IP network connection over the 2m or 70cm band over just about any radio. This guide will get you a working direwolf installation, a program called tncattach installed, and a network interface connected via IL2P (Improved Layer 2 Protocol). Tncattach is a modern way of creating am IP interface for KISS TNC’s. IL2P […]
I wish I could make this one simple, but we are getting into complex territory. Please read the instructions and follow along carefully. This is not something I recommend doing without knowing your way around Linux, and so the basics are not covered(it would be too long). this should let you share the same soundcard between direwolf and other apps […]
First, I want to give all credit for this blog post and script to this website(blog.radioartisan.com), and the ham who created it (K3NG). The only reason I am posting it here is to walk through the database installation portion, and show how the database can be expanded onto to include extra information, as well as add some more detailed documentation. […]
As a last post to the BBS portion of the packet radio series, I wanted to give a few ways you can actually connect to a BBS node within Linux and windows. If you want to setup your own node with BPQ, you can follow the guide here. Connecting to a BBS Node in Windows OR Linux with Paracon Thanks […]
This is a short add-on to the tutorials I’ve already done on setting up either LinBPQ on Linux, or BPQ32 on Windows. The following guide will show you how to perform Node to Node Linking via IP on both BPQ32 and LinBPQ. This will allow you to fill in gaps in RF, or link distant running nodes together so that […]