In my mobile setup, I want to run a Direwolf instance with two ports (VHF and HF) on an Orange Pi Zero. APRSDroid is used to monitor both ports and send messages through them. Since …

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In this article I will expose how I built a VHF (1200bps AX25 APRS) to UHF LoRa APRS Bridge without going through APRS-IS (Internet). This is work in progress, feel free to comment and come …

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In december 2021 I started to work on a project “by accident”. This project is called DStarGateway What is it? DStarGateway is based on Jonathan Naylor G4KLX ircddbGateway. It adds some features while dropping some …

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Most of Linux distributions have Xastir in their repositories , yet most of the time it is not the latest version or it is seriously outdated. Let’s see how we can build the latest version …

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I was suspecting a receive issue on our club’s mountain top APRS digipeater. To spare me the 1 hour drive to listen to the radio’s audio I came up with the idea to remotely stream …

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I have been using the TM-271 for my mobile APRS operation for over 18 Months now. Here is a quick article on how you can enable the radio for APRS Voice Alert. It is all …

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Here is a provocative/clickbait headline, and it is on purpose. Today I want to rant about APRS sysops abusing objetcs. Usually I try to keep the content here technical, but now is the time for …

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Direwolf is very capable software TNC, yet it is not yet possible to add twist between the high and low tone e.g if you want to feed 1200bps to the 9600bps flat audio input of …

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Recently I got myself a Kenwood TM-271 and wanted to give it a go on APRS with the TT4. This turned out to be more complex than expected. Once the TM-271 and the TT4 were …

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The ways to start Direwolf at boot, as provided in the manual, are quite archaic and hacky. Let’s see how we can do this in a more modern way using systemd. Why I don’t like …

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After trying and failing at getting a working APRS set-up with voice alert here is my last try with a CRT 2M Radio, a rebranded Anytone AT588. Disclaimer Just the usual stuff here : if …

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If you followed my previous adventures with the Tinytrak 4 and Bluetooth you may know that I used HC05 modules which where RS232 levels capable. I bought these years ago and, as of today, they …

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