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Homebrew micro USB cable and right angle adapter There is nothing special about the bright blue one you see in the photo, it was just the shortest cable of this variety I had on hand. Oddly enough, the MiniProSC uses the old style larger type B USB cable. I ordered the data input cable for the FT-817, which will also work with my FT-847. The MiniProSC is shipped with connecting cables for the radio of your choice. The other choice was a Signal Link, which is more expensive, physically larger, and after reading reviews and comparing specifications, less attractive to me. Audio levels are controlled from the computer, very convenient. The MiniProSc is tiny, has very good specifications, and no knobs. The sound card interface, a ZLP MiniProSC, is sold by a firm in the UK, but ordering it for delivery to the States was not a problem, and it was about a week from order to delivery. By watching JulianвЂ™s videos, I selected the sound card interface and the GPS unit for the project. setting the Pi up as an access point when there isnвЂ™t Wifi availableДЄnyway, on to the hardware.

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installing the latest versions of ham radio digital software.

setting the Raspberry Pi up to run headless.

ThereвЂ™s a lot to describe about this project, so IвЂ™m going to focus on the hardware in this post, and add follow on posts to discuss some other key issues:

several class 10 micro SD cards and USB reader (really important, make backups!).

12v battery to run everything (I have a Bioenno 4.5Ah lipo).

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one of those cute bluetooth keyboard/mouse combos (optional, but handy).

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android tablet for UI (Raspberry Pi runs вЂњheadlessвЂќ).

GPS (for off grid time synchronization).

power distribution for 12v to the radio and the Pi.

Raspberry Pi (I chose to use a 3B+ rather than the newly released 4).

bamboo cutting board (had one in stock).

I made a list of the hardware I would need: Every project is better on a bamboo cutting board.Д®verythingвЂ™s better on a bamboo cutting board IвЂ™ve put lots of projects on these boards вЂ“ theyвЂ™re cheap, readily available in the produce section of your local grocery, and made from a renewable resource.

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Running digital modes would be interesting, but running them portable, off grid, battery operated QRP would be awesome! I had to do this, especially since I instantly knew that I had the perfect substrate for a portable digital platform: a bamboo cutting board. I highly recommend his work, the videos are packed with great information. One of the Youtube channels I found, SurvivalTechNord by Julian, OH8STN, suddenly changed the whole idea and crystallized the project for me. There are dozens of videos covering all facets of Raspberry Pi mischief: I used several of them as sources for my project and I will share the links as I go along. I found a lot of material, much of it on Youtube. It was an intriguing idea, and I took a look. The new models of this $35 single board computer run quad core processors at 1.2 GHz, a far cry from the original. IвЂ™m not sure when the idea occurred to me, but for less than half the money and one quarter the footprint, a Raspberry Pi might do the trick. All of the machines in our household are spoken for, and it would inconvenient to move my office laptop for digital shack duties, so I started the usual eBay search for an old, used, cheap, Linux worthy laptop. Well the first thing I would need was a computer to run the software. Just to be sure I have no interest in it whatsoever. So I started to think, not seriously of course, about what it would take to try out FT8. But, to be fair I should not make up my mind about it until I tried it. The current controversies over FT8 being вЂњreal ham radioвЂќ were enough to fend me off. I have done digital modes in the past, most notably PSK-31, but in recent years my interest dropped off. I have not been interested at all up to now in the recent ham phenomenon of FT8.

Between that and the humidity, a guy can get restless.

In these times of rock bottom propagation, QRP does present a challenge. Did I mention humid? So once again, on the drier days IвЂ™m out whenever possible with one of the portable setups doing a little operating.

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Summer is in full swing here in the Hudson Valley, alternating between humid rainy days, and blindingly hot humid sunny days.

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