Raspberry Pi + RTL SDR dongle = APRS Rx only gate (Part one – FM Radio)
Introduction
I have couple of raspberry pi’s laying around doing nothing useful. I decided it’s time to use it better than dust collectors. This tutorial is placed here for reference for any OM who would like to setup APRS Rx only node based on R.pi. Here’s what you’ll need (hardware):
- Raspberry Pi (I have model “B”)
- At least 4GB SD card
- PC running windows
- RTL USB DVBT Dongle
- 5V USB power supply (or powered USB hub)
… and software:
- RASPBIAN Debian Wheezy
- Win32DiskImager
- and other, installed directly from r.Pi
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