Modern take on electronics and RF Engineering
Ham radio operators are generally technically inclined people. It takes a special person to take an interest in the electronic aspect of amateur radio stations. Combine this with the computer knowledge and passion it takes to develop the applications that often go along with the hobby, you wouldn’t think something as novel as cyber security would be an issue. But […]
I had just posted my security warning for amateur radio BBS users recently. Ultimately, many amateur radio applications are built on older programming languages. Using languages that aren’t memory safe is not necessarily a bad thing. But when we don’t incorporate modern practices and compilation options like those that enable ASLR(Address space layout randomization) and SAFE SEH (Safe Exception Handlers) […]
Video that follows along the post for those who are more visual. We’ve already covered the windows counterpart to LinBPQ, BPQ32 here. We will basically go over the same concepts, as the configuration side is not too different. The LinBPQ software is much more convenient, as it can run on low powered computers like the raspberry pi LinBPQ is a […]
This is the counter blog post to the windows version with pinpoint here. The blog follows along with our Modern Introduction to Packet Radio. Please note, that before proceeding below, you need to have a working dire wolf configuration for your radio. If you do not yet have the dire wolf TNC working with your radio, please follow the documentation […]
I’m not going to pretend like there isn’t guides for creating an Easy APRS iGate and Digipeater Setup with Direwolf on the internet already. But in an effort to consolidate this information with the rest of the packet radio information, I will make my own here. As always, I’ll also be explaining things so you can make adjustments for your […]
This is the next guide in the Packet Radio Series. If you don’t have a working TNC, check out the last post to get up and running. But the truth is, you don’t actually need a TNC to play with APRS, but we’ll talk more about that at that later. Just like always, we’re going to assume everyone is new […]
This is this follow up to my introduction on Packet Radio. Direwolf is a software TNC, and one of the best things to happen to packet radio in the 21’st century. Gone are the days of expensive Kantronics TNC‘s. Direwolf gives us a free, opensource TNC, that is highly customizable for just about every need, and runs on about any […]
As time moves on, I think it’s important to revisit older, but relevant technologies from time to time that still have a place in the modern age. With time, words seem to loose their meaning, resources fade into obscurity, and we loose those that were mentors. I only started amateur radio 5 years ago. I’ve had a fascination with packet […]
As you know, I’m a fan of packet radio. I really wish there were more modern implementations, as almost all of the BBS and terminal software feels like it is stuck 2-3 decades ago. Some people like that. But getting a BBS node up in 2024 feels like ramming my head against a board full of rusty nails. Anyways, as […]
I started a project that required I run VARA on linux. I tried following some documentation from winlink, and the first 5 pages of google didn’t get me anywhere. The write ups were old, and there were just too many snags. I got it working, so I thought it best to document it here, and maybe help another poor lsot […]