PI3 Ham Build

Raspbian Buster Installation

Prior to boot

These steps are not necessary if you setup the image using the Raspberry Pi Imager.

• add wpa_supplicant.conf to /boot (from /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf)
• touch ssh in /boot
• setup user
  • create a file called userconf or userconf.txt in the boot partition of the SD card
  • This file should contain a single line of text, consisting of username:encrypted- password
  • To generate the encrypted password, the easiest way is to use OpenSSL on a Raspberry Pi that is already running – open a terminal window and enter
  • echo 'mypassword' | openssl passwd -6 -stdin

After boot

• increase swap file size (/etc/dphys-swapfile)
• install PIXEL Desktop * https://raspberrytips.com/upgrade-raspbian-lite-to-desktop/ * sudo apt install raspberrypi-ui-mods

Fldigi suite

• install fldigi dependencies * sudo apt install libfltk1.3-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libsndfile1-dev libsamplerate0-dev portaudio19-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libpulse-dev texinfo libudev-dev
• build fldigi-suite * http://www.kk5jy.net/fldigi-build/
• Add Hamradio Menu option * sudo apt install extra-xdg-menus

Golang

• install golang https://www.jeremymorgan.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi/install-go-raspberry-pi/ * get source from https://go.dev/dl * extract to /usr/local: sudo tar -C /usr/local -zxvf ~/Downloads/go1.19.linux-armv6l.tar.gz * Update path in bashrc: export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH

Pat

• install pat

JS8Call

• install js8call * http://files.js8call.com/latest.html wget http://files.js8call.com/2.2.0/js8call_2.2.0_armhf.deb sudo dpkg -i js8call_2.2.0_armhf.deb sudo apt install -f

Voacap

• install voacapl * https://github.com/jawatson/voacapl
  Copy

  	git clone https://github.com/jawatson/voacapl
  	cd voacapl/
  	sudo apt install automake gfortran
  	aclocal
  	automake --add-missing
  	./configure
  	make
  	sudo make install
  	makeitshfbc
  	```
  

fonts

• Copy the .ttf files from https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl/sourcecodepro into ~/.fonts/ (or any sub directory, like ~/.fonts/source-code-pro/) and run fc-cache -f ~/.fonts

Misc

• Make Bash Case-insensitive for the current user
• see Raspbian Buster Installation

Xastir

Install from source

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install git autoconf automake xorg-dev graphicsmagick gv libmotif-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install gpsman gpsmanshp libpcre3-dev libproj-dev libdb5.3-dev python-dev libax25-dev libwebp-dev
sudo apt install shapelib libshp-dev festival festival-dev libgeotiff-dev libwebp-dev libgraphicsmagick1-dev
sudo apt install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi
git clone https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir
cd Xastir
./bootstrap.sh
mkdir build
cd build
../configure 
make clean
make
sudo make install

Create menu icon

• Create file at /usr/share/applications/xastir.desktop with the contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xastir
Comment=X Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting
Exec=xastir
Icon=/usr/local/share/xastir/symbols/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;HamRadio
Keywords=APRS;AX.25;HamRadio