Whats Needed - Building your own Digipeater from A to Z - Part 1 @The_Comms_Channel
Whats Needed - Building your own Digipeater from A to Z - Part 1  @The_Comms_Channel
Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today’s video will be the start of another video series. This series will be on building your own digipeater from A to Z running on this inexpensive Linux device here that is similar to a Raspberry Pi and runs the same Raspbian OS that the Raspberry Pi runs.

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Page with Instructions:
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===Parts Needed====
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Le Potato "Tater" Computer
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16GB or 32GB microSD Card
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5V 3A Power Supply (I recommend this 3A version over what I mentioned in the video)
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Digirig
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USB-C Cable for Digirig
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Digirig Cables [Select one for your radio below]

Yaesu FT-100, FT817, FT-857, FT-891, FT-897, FT-817ND, FT897D
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Baofeng (With K1 connector)
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Some Yaesu HTs with 3.5mm TRRS connector
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If you can't find a Digirig cable for you radio, you can see if Mobilinkd has the cable at their website ➡️ store.mobilinkd.com/collections/all and make a converter by following the instructions in my other video here ➡️ youtu.be/VYMLzuAU8HU

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Case (Any Raspberry Pi 3 case should work)
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Power supply for hooking up to 12V battery
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