Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

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Link to Powerpoint:
themodernham.com/downloads

You can buy the Raspi kit here:
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Buy the RTL-SDR kit here:
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What you need:
Baofeng:
amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R-Dual-Radio-Black/dp/B007H4VT7A
RaspberryPI:
raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b
Audio Cable:
amazon.com/BTECH-PC03-Genuine-Programming-Cable/dp/B00HUB0ONK
RTL-SDR Kit:
amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-RTL2832U-Software-Defined/dp/B011HVUEME

Get your Lat/Long here:
latlong.net

N1AAE article:
n1aae.com/raspberry-pi-aprs-direwolf-linux-igate-digipeater

LatLong Website:
latlong.net

Get your Passcode here:
apps.magicbug.co.uk/passcode


This is a detailed video tutorail on setting up a raspberry pi, a baofeng, and an RTL-SDR to setup an APRS IGate and Digipeater.

Commands used to install Direwolf:
sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio
sudo apt-get autoremove
rm -rf /home/pi/.pulse
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
cd ~
git clone github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
cd direwolf
make
sudo make install
make install-conf
make install-rpi

Commands used to install RTLSDR:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev
cd ~
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
cd rtl-sdr
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Link to my build video:
youtube.com/watch?v=0gskomkZ99A
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