Here is our setup R pi b USB sound card Baofeng radio Software Dirwolf Call sign on I-gate k5qxj-10 We have the R-pi log into the server I have two questions. What is the format to use the email server? What is required to the up the radio? Thx in advance DE nick k5qxj
Nick,
First of all, I would suggest you ditch the baofeng and usb sound card in favor of an RTL-SDR ($20 on amazon). there are a ton of instructions online on how to set up the RPi + RTL igate, and Andrew Rich has created a script that does it all for you. Really a much simpler setup than using an actual radio and soundcard interface.
As to your questions, not sure what you mean by "email server"? There is no email server involved with an igate. Not sure what you mean by "up the radio". Do you mean "uplink"? If that's the case, you need to fabricate a PTT circuit to key up the radio. Vox is an alternative, but I did some tests like that and got really bad results (vox would keep the radio keyed up for many seconds after Tx'ing a packet, thus missing any digipeats or auto *acks or responses.
-Roy K3RLD
Tnx for the reply
We want to transmit outbound from the I gate so we will need a PTT circuit. Do you have any info on a ptt sct?
There are email servers on the igate system but the format is un clear to me?
nick
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-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Roy Dean Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:47 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] help r pi i gate
Here is our setup R pi b USB sound card Baofeng radio Software Dirwolf Call sign on I-gate k5qxj-10 We have the R-pi log into the server I have two questions. What is the format to use the email server? What is required to the up the radio? Thx in advance DE nick k5qxj
Nick,
First of all, I would suggest you ditch the baofeng and usb sound card in favor of an RTL-SDR ($20 on amazon). there are a ton of instructions online on how to set up the RPi + RTL igate, and Andrew Rich has created a script that does it all for you. Really a much simpler setup than using an actual radio and soundcard interface.
As to your questions, not sure what you mean by "email server"? There is no email server involved with an igate. Not sure what you mean by "up the radio". Do you mean "uplink"? If that's the case, you need to fabricate a PTT circuit to key up the radio. Vox is an alternative, but I did some tests like that and got really bad results (vox would keep the radio keyed up for many seconds after Tx'ing a packet, thus missing any digipeats or auto *acks or responses.
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