[amsat-bb] rasbarry pi

Fri Feb 14 20:36:08 UTC 2020

Also installed Gpredict for Buster. Went beyond just opening it up - this
RPi is at heart of my portable setup - using it with TH-D74A for downlink
and IC-706MKIIG for uplink controlled with Gpredict, Hamlib and via USB. At
some point i also did the build of the most recent Gpredict (there were
couple additions to the program not yet in the deb file) - once all
prerequisites were installed, built out went without any issues.

Just for those curious - TH-D74 required me to build Hamlib from source on
RPi as the one in the repository did not have support for this radio.

Gpredict is great program and in some way I like it even more than SatPC32.
The only feature it is missing is fine adjustments for VFO on the radio.
But I figured out how to work it.

Dmitry, N6DNM

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 7:48 AM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Gpredict is very easy to install on a Raspberry Pi.  I did so on the
> "Buster" version of Raspbian.  There is a .deb file to download and it just
> installs and runs.  Disclaimer:  I have not tried to use it more than just
> to see that it started up ok and displayed satellites.
>
> 73,
>
> Burns WB1FJ
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 7:49 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > James,
> >
> > Look into up-board.org, should suite you better than a RPi.  It's not
> > cheap
> > but it's not expensive either, considering what you're getting for the
> > size...
> >
> > 73's,
> > Joseph Armbruster
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 7:12 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
> > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > You could install Ubuntu instead of Raspian, I guess. Gpredict is in
> the
> > > repositories.
> > >
> > > At any rate: GIYF.
> > >
> > > Hans
> > >
> > > BX2ABT
> > >
> > >
> > > P.S. I always think it is funny that people want something cheap, small
> > > and lean like an RPi and still expect something like the whole clunky
> > > Windows system with its software to work on it. The RPi was designed
> > > with the maker/educator in mind and that almost automatically means
> > > using a Linux based distro.
> > >
> > > So please, if you want to start tinkering with RPis or other single
> > > board computers (SBCs) then start changing your thinking and that means
> > > no more Windows. If you don't want to change, then don't consider low
> > > cost SBCs an option.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/14/20 2:52 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > > > I answered you when you asked this on January 29th, but will provide
> > more
> > > > detail as to why this isn't possible without quite a bit of effort.
> > > >
> > > > The Raspberry Pi uses an ARM-based processor, generally running some
> > > > distribution of Linux. SatPC32 is written for computers using
> x86-based
> > > > processors running Windows. There is a possibility you could get it
> > > > running, slowly, with a lot of effort through use of x86 emulation
> and
> > > the
> > > > Wine compatibility layer, but it would require quite a bit of rather
> > > > advanced work.
> > > >
> > > > Gpredict is the software you want to use for satellite tracking and
> it
> > > > works great on the Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately it's not in the
> Raspbian
> > > > repository, so it does require some work to get it installed. Without
> > > > knowing what operating system or what version of the Raspberry Pi you
> > are
> > > > using, I can't direct you to the proper guide.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Paul, N8HM
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 1:37 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB <
> > > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Is anyone running sat 32  on a raspberry computer? If so how would I
> > set
> > > >> it up?
> > > >> Jim KI6WJ
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