I’ve written before about how disappointed I was with how poorly GNU Radio on HamPi. Since then, I’ve had a bit more success with the PiSDR distribution, but I still wouldn’t say that I’m happy with the performance.
Well, a couple of weeks ago, I heard Jason, KM4ACK, on Episode #390 of Linux in the Hamshack talk bout his project, Build-a-Pi. According to the github page,
Build-a-Pi will allow you to get up and running fast with a Raspberry Pi for ham radio. Rather than downloading a pre-built image where you have no choices in the build, Build-a- Pi gives you complete control over the build. It allows you to choose the applications you want to install and skip the ones you don’t need. This keeps your pi as lean and mean as possible.
This sounded like just what I needed, and made a note to explore this further. In the meantime, I ran across this video by Jason:
More from Electronic Design
In addition to the listening to the podcast and watching the video, you might want to take a look at the article, “Essential Pi: Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Raspberry Pi” from Electronic Design. While not as extensive and detailed as the other sources mentioned above, it does contain a few tidbits that you might find useful.
Three of our club members have built a Pi and all three have a problem getting audio out of the PI to the transceiver. The tune and PTT work fine and we have reviewed the set up many times. We have used Yeasu, and Icom 7100 and 7300. The no audio problem in with fldigi, QSSTV, and FT8. The radios go into TX, the programs show that it is txing but no signal is received. TNX, Dick
What version of Pi do you use, i had similar issues with the clone Pi’s
It’s an authentic Pi4, as far as I know.