Greetings Everyone,
It's been awhile since I've posted an EmComm Tools project update. Long story short, I'm pausing feature development so that I can get Jason KM4ACK's Build-a-Pi (BAP) to play nicely with EmComm Tools. As part of this effort, I am testing this integration on a clean Raspberry Pi 4 build. Here are the parts that I'm using for my build. There's also a parts list for the Raspberry Pi 3B+ (my current setup for the field).
This will be a phased integration with two phases. Phase I (in progress) is to use BAP to install only the dependencies needed by EmComm Tools, while Phase II will be a GitHub pull request (PR) that I'll send to Jason that will allow EmComm Tools to be installed via BAP. The later is a long term goal, but something that I believe is critical and something that Jason and I have discussed in the past.
For those curious, here's the current list of applications that I am currently using Build-a-Pi to install:
GPS
ARDOP
Hamlib
Dire Wolf
AX.25
Pat
YAAC
This build takes ~20 minutes on my Pi 4.
A big thanks to Jason KM4ACK and everything he has done for amateur radio and the Raspberry Pi communities. Check out his last interview covering BAP on Ham Radio 2.0's channel.
Lastly, I am also working on adding content to The Tech Prepper website.
"Be strong, be safe and be prepared" -- The Tech Prepper KT1RUN