Modern take on electronics and RF Engineering
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 […]
A few years ago, I was frustrated in my research for getting a YSF reflector up and running so I wrote this guide on getting a YSF Reflector running on Debian 10. Now here we are a few years later, and that’s basically obsolete. There’s a new (actually kind of old) kid on the block called XLX. XLX is a […]
One of the main reasons I bought the Xiegu X6100 was the fact it was running a Linux kernel with root access. I’m not sure if Xiegu intended this, but it’s here so I’m going to use it. I think we are still sleeping on a lot of use case for this. Youtube channels such as TemporarilyOffline have highlighted this […]
The title of this post is bold statement. The obscure naming of the FT-891’s menu settings leaves a lot to the imagination when trying to setup the optimal digital menu settings. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of speculation in the hobby as well, and we tend to just accept things without understanding them. This has lead to forums being full of […]