Radio Texting the Easy Way!

With a Raspberry Pi, ham radio, and a web browser you can send and receive APRS text messages over RF (and internet as needed) to any radio in the world.
APRSd software
github.com/cra...
DigiPi (patrons) SD card for Raspberry Pi
digipi.org

[@rttakezo2000]

Text chatting with a keypad is only difficult if you didn't have a mobile phone 25 years ago.

[@ZiggleFingers]

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

[@KM6LYW]

Winner!

[@ghostmandka5498]

I too am stumped on that rift.

[@AaronBond007]

Very cool Craig!

[@MI7DJT]

Loving the APRS webchat Craig, it works so good!! Totally stumped on the bumper music this evening though lol

[@jeffreytaffuri2253]

Great video. Where can I find more commands like REPEAT to use?

[@LB4FH]

That looks very nice 👍

[@DonzLockz]

Thats awesome, love it.❤️👍

[@hegaat]

I set up 3 APRSdroid on old cell phones with ham radio and would like to use webchat to link up them up.

[@WalterBoring]

Nice job man!

[@KM6LYW]

Walt Boring in the house!!! Often imitated, never replicated! thanks for all the aprsd support and development!

[@briankendall1978]

If I had a a Digi pi could I use a KISS TNC like Mobilinkd tnc4 connected ton an ht and use APRS WebChat?

[@Trent28888]

Theres 1 thing people dont seem to know about is the uv5r and a bunch of other ht's put out 2-3V DC on the speaker out

[@KM6LYW]

good point, check your audio device for an input capacitor... fairly common to remove dc offset

[@nickgoldman805]

Can this be saved to a flash drive and be used?

[@czmg22]

Nice 😊

[@czmg22]

Nice

[@MaxBandwidth-rb1qx]

🎵A P R S Web, ChaAaAAAaaAt Todaaaaaaaaaay🎵

[@jampskan5690]

Pearl Jam, idk the song name though.

[@markharrison1160]

Any reason your channel does not have a save option? Putting video into's saved list is a handy feature for viewers imo.

[@KM6LYW]

no clue... i dont have the cognitive capacity to fully uderstand you tube. ill look into it though!

[@LB4FH]

it's just hidden under the three dots menu next to clip, it's one of the nice features YT seem to be testing out 😊

[@solidstrike165]

Can this work on Android? Pis are awesome, but it's an extra piece of gear that needs an outside power supply. I'd jump right in if this could be made to work on Android or even iOS

[@KM6LYW]

You can't hook your phone up to your radio ... yet. You can obviously use android/ios to talk to the pi and get what you see in the video.

[@solidstrike165]

@@KM6LYW There's the BTECH cable, Mobilinkd TNC4, and DigiRig . . .

[@fletchb]

What are you using for a tnc to connect to your 705?

[@KM6LYW]

Welcome to the Channel! :) digipi.org -- TNC and a lot more.

[@4X4-RADIO]

Great YT... 1998 ~ 2001 I lived near you, Foresthill... Dave G8LIY ex KG6CIQ/W6DRH

[@alexjh47]

I'm a complete newbie to APRS. If I understand this correctly, the other station doesn't need to be running the webchat service? Would this work for making ISS APRS contacts?

[@KM6LYW]

yah, the "other guy" can be any aprs-enabled ham radio. ISS can work too, but we don't yet have a way to change the digipath to ARISS. stay tuned.

[@theodoreboyer2275]

Can this work on Linux ubuntu?

[@craig9309]

yes! aprsd runs in any python environment afaik

[@ghostmandka5498]

What case do you have for your Pi?

[@KM6LYW]

Geekworm 11mm Thickness Embedded Heatsink (P165-B) for Raspberry Pi 4,

[@bradgreenwood2588]

When I open web chat I am getting the following error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application. I'm using Win 11 and Google Chrome. DigiPi seems to be working fine. I've had it for awhile. It's decoding APRS stations like normal. Just can't get Webchat to run.

[@KM6LYW]

Hey Brad send me your /home/pi/.config/aprsd/aprsd.conf I'm guessing webchat can't start because of a configuration issue.

[@bradgreenwood2588]

@@KM6LYW Thank you! Stupid question - what's the best way to get it over to you? 73 K0WET.

[@KM6LYW]

@@bradgreenwood2588 you should have my email address.. i sent a "welcome" letter to patrons

[@bradgreenwood2588]

@@KM6LYW got it. I'll send the file over soon. Thanks again.

[@KM6LYW]

@@bradgreenwood2588 got it sorted!