Just choose what you like and install what you need. It is not necessary to install all programs. Much of what I have written down here I could copy from there.Īcknowledgement: I find it impressive how much time people spend making great, free, open-source licensed programs available, writing application reports and recording videos. There you can find extensive information about QRP operation, amateur radio and the Raspi. I recommend to check out the YouTube pages of KM4ACK and OH8STN. Just take a look at everything and then decide for yourself. Note: The order of enumeration is not an evaluation of what is best for you. Ĥ.) You can buy a ready installed SD card e.g. ģ.) You can use a ready SD card image e.g. Learn it by doing it.Ģ.) Another excellent alternative is to use a script from KM4ACK to install the most important amateur radio programs on the Raspi most fully automatic. Not everything is always up to date and you may get a more recent version and information from the programmers homepage. You can learn how to install and backup the operating system and various programs on the Raspi. There are 5 ways to set up the Raspi for use in amateur radioġ.) You can use my instructions as listed below. If you want to use a Raspberry for amateur radio, the fastest way is to use the great Build a Pi script from Jason, KM4ACK.

General Information (last but not least)ĭue to a lot of work in my company it is currently not possible for me to update this article regularly.

Some important Raspberry PI commands and settings.

Install VirtualRadar (Display Airplanes).

Install ADS-B Receiver with SDRplay RSP’s (SDR).

Install CubicSDR with SDRplay RSP’s (SDR).

Install Chirp (Programming transceivers).

Install VOACAP (Propagation Prediction).

Install CQRLOG (Advanced Ham Radio Logbook).

Install zyGrib (Weather data visualization).

Install GridTracker (Display connections on a map).

Install Packet Radio (Hamlib, Direwolf, Xastir, Linpac).

Install Real Time Clock (Additional hardware).Install GPS Clock (Time sync & Position).

First start and basic setup Raspberry pi (Raspi).

Try it out, it is worth it and makes fun. All the programs I use work without problems on a PI3, but the performance of the PI4 is much better, but it also gets much hotter and needs more power. I am a big friend of the small Raspberry PI (Raspi) computer which is also very good for amateur radio.

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