PiStar Delayed

I’ve been delayed in getting the hotspot back online. I don’t DMR a whole lot these days, so its absence isn’t that noticeable.

I also acquired a SHARI PiHat from Don/WA2SWX over the weekend. It’s a RPi hat that contains a USB codec and a small transceiver with the appropriate filtering.

I am, however, not a fan of the Pi right now. I don’t believe them about why they’re still overpriced and out of stock 3 years on. It is now a product that is securely in the hands of scalpers. It will be years, if ever, before consumers will be able to buy them.

Anyway….my attempts to figure out how to make it work outside of Pi world is confusing. In theory its simple, however it uses a GPIO on the codec for PTT.

I can probably figure it out later, but I kind of just to play with it.

I did however buy a $35 Libre SBC that claims to be Pi compatible and PiStar supposedly works on it.

PiStar Offline

The PiStar dashboard is offline. I’m taking it to Dayton.

VQAP Plaque Winners

I got the email this morning from the committee:

I have in fact won a plaque for single-op phone low-power.

Now On Mastodon

I’ve given in and am now on Mastadon.

https://mastodon.hams.social/@nq4t

DAYTON DAYTON DAYTON

That’s right…Dayton Hamvention is about 4 weeks away; and after planning a trip then canceling due to lack of funds I was able to put a trip together. I will once again be attending the festivities this year.

I’m riding down with a friend from Chicago; so I actually have to fly a whole state west in order to get here; but there are reasons this was preferable to flying directly to Dayton or adjacent cities. AFAIK, I’ll be down there from Wednesday to Sunday. Sunday we head down to Cincinnati where I’ll fly home Tuesday.

The turnout last year was quite large…much larger than I’m used to for a hamfest; then again none of those were Dayton Hamvention. I’m anxious to see if the numbers are even higher this year.