I thought the idea of being able to get up to date Metar info over RF was a neat SVXLink feature. Unfortunately, I was unable to get it working as described. I believe the issue is because the NWS website now features SSL Encryption and SVXLink hasn’t been updated to handle this. My work around…
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At the end of part 1 we had Tx setup and working from the Raspberry Pi to the Baofeng HT. Let’s dive in and get Rx working.First let’s head back to our svxlink.conf and enable Rx under the [Simplex] section. Under [Simplex]:Rx=Rx1Save the changes and exit nano using“ctrl + x” | “y” | “enter”Go ahead…
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While prepping for Winter Field Day I was inspired to setup a Raspberry Pi for portable/emergency operations. This ‘concept’ has lead me down a rabbit hole of HAM Radio fun. Although not on my original Pi to do list. I thought I could setup an Echolink node to our local repeater using a Raspberry Pi…
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