[OZAPRS] APRS Igate/Sgate on Raspberry Pi?

[Norm McMillan]

Hey Andrew,
So much info, for which I thank you.

Current Hardware
Dell Optiplex 755
Ubuntu 14.04
Xastir 2.0.0 - 1Ubuntu1 (yes, old I know...it's what Synaptic gave me)
Paccomm Tiny2 (original!) Also have an Opentracker with KISS firmware for a
TNC if I need it.
FT1802 (My main VHF rig all tied up!)
Plenty of wi-fi and/or bluecable network to hook into

Object of the exercise is to provide IGATE service for this area without
tying up too much gear. I have an old 828 crystalised for 145.175 so
that'll prolly be the rig if I can't bludge something better off VK3JUG :-)


Want to put the whole lot in the back shed and just forget about it Trouble
is the project seems to grow every time I think about it.

norm
vk3xci

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Mark Jessop <lenniethelemming at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I can confirm the rtl_fm + direwolf approach does work, VK5NEX-5 has been
> running that since last christmas without a hiccup.
>
> However, do note that the performance of the RTL dongles is pretty
> terrible, particularly in the presence of pagers. In my case that was fine,
> as it only had to hear packets off the nearby VK5RMN digipeater, but if you
> want something with a bit more range it might be better to use something
> like a TNC-X Raspberry Pi shield with a more robust radio.
>
> You certainly don't need to run a GUI program like Xastir to do this. Both
> the direwolf and aprx approaches will operate headless, and you can just
> administer them via a ssh client.
>
> - Mark VK5QI
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
> wrote:
>
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>> > On 22 May 2016, at 14:22, Norm McMillan <vk3xci at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > OK guys, how is it done? Links? ideas? I want to put my Igate away at
>> the back of the shed. this seems like the ideal way to do it.
>> >
>> > What do I know so far?
>> > RPi will run a form of linux off a memory card, I think.
>> > Same, same a version of Xastir
>> > There is a hardware TNC (TNCX?) which directly interfaces to the RPi
>> board
>> > A USB soundcard is a possibility but there are issues.
>> >
>> > norm,
>> > vk3xci
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