[OZAPRS] How to make a raspberry pi satgate for the ISS

[Mark Jessop]

How about you just fix it, then *test* it thoroughly (i.e. on a fresh
raspbian install), *then* release it, instead of releasing a half broken
script.

Or, as i've mentioned before, just link to the existing Direwolf SDR+APRS
guide, which covers off setting up an igate pretty well: https://github.com/
wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/Raspberry-Pi-SDR-IGate.pdf

Also:

pi at satnogs:~ $ cd /
pi at satnogs:/ $ sudo mkdir satgate
pi at satnogs:/ $ cd satgate/
pi at satnogs:/satgate $ git clone https://github.com/niofis/rtl-sdr.git
fatal: could not create work tree dir 'rtl-sdr': Permission denied


- QI

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 11:47 AM, <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:

> Refresh often
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> *From:* OZAPRS [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] *On Behalf Of *
> vk4tec at tech-software.net
> *Sent:* Sunday, 19 November 2017 11:14 AM
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> *To:* 'Australian APRS Users' <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] How to make a raspberry pi satgate for the ISS
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> Work in progress
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> The script is changing
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> Testing now
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> *From:* OZAPRS [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
> <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au>] *On Behalf Of *Mark Jessop
> *Sent:* Sunday, 19 November 2017 11:12 AM
> *To:* Australian APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] How to make a raspberry pi satgate for the ISS
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> OK, a few points:
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> - You can't run what you have linked as a script, it has numerous syntax
> errors and will break. It's a guide.
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> - Why are you compiling the rtl_sdr utils from source (and not even the
> actual mainline repository, which is at [1]), only to over-write it with
> the version in the raspbian repository later on in the 'script'? If the aim
> of compiling from source is to obtain the latest bias-tee additions, then
> neither of these will work. If you're going to compile from source, compile
> from the mainline repository please. The rtl-sdr package in Raspbian
> Stretch is out of date, and won't be much help either.
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> - If you follow the rtl-sdr compilation instructions at [2], it uses a
> build flag which makes all the module blacklisting steps further down the
> guide irrelevant.
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> - You are missing dependencies for direwolf (mainly libasound2-dev). How
> about just linking to the 'official' direwolf install guide at [3], which
> covers installation of direwolf on a Raspberry Pi pretty thoroughly.
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> - The 'make install-rpi' line for direwolf bombs out on a headless
> Raspbian install, as the ~/Desktop directory does not exist. If you mkdir
> ~/Desktop and then run 'make install-rpi' it works.
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> - I don't know what you're trying to achieve with all the copy/move lines.
> Just edit ~/sdr.conf directly (as the 'pi' user, not as root!!!!!).
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> - At the end, your script goes and runs direwolf, without information
> about how to start it up automatically (which would be useful for an
> igate!). Once again, the official documentation [3] (page 28) has
> information on how to set this up, as does [2].
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> Realistically the existing direwolf APRS+SDR guide [2] contains all the
> instructions needed to set up a SDR iGate. The only difference is the
> receive frequency. Why not just link to that instead?
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> 73
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> Mark VK5QI
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> [1] git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
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> [2] https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/
> Raspberry-Pi-SDR-IGate.pdf
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> [3] https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/
> Raspberry-Pi-APRS.pdf
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> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:35 AM, <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
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> Hello
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> I have made a script to install and make a raspberry pi satgate for the
> space station.
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> Raspberry pi, rtl dongle and antenna are required
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> http://tech-software.net/satgate/satgate.htm
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> Andrew VK4TEC
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