YAAC APRS up and running with Direwolf on Ubuntu

[@mumi009]

I just installed YAAC and Direwolf on a cheap netbook running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I also attached a cheap USB-GPS mouse to it. All of this I connected to my Baofeng HT. Everything works fine. I think a more powerful laptop would help, but I set this up as a proof of concept, and it does work suprisingly well. No internet required!

[@bradgreenwood2588]

Can't figure out how to adjust the beacon time. My station is fixed and I don't want to transmit more than every 30 mins. Seems like it's sending more frequently.

[@MoTown44240]

I just watched HRN#39 and found the link to your video. Thanks for the video and explanations. I have been a Linux only user since 2006 and I am happy to find applications that run on Linux for my Amateur Radio hobby. 73, Terry - KB8AMZ

[@james11h]

Excellent demo!

[@retrotechandelectronics]

Thank you kindly!

[@whytebredd]

can you give an example of the command line you mentioned writing that would cd the file then execute yaac?

[@retrotechandelectronics]

I didn't cd to a file, I cd to the directory where YAAC was installed. That dir contains within its files YAAC.jar. I run java -jar YAAC.jar

[@hardwired3640]

Can you do group messaging?

[@retrotechandelectronics]

Yes, but its frowned upon.

[@hardwired3640]

@@retrotechandelectronics what if I was doing in on a packet frequency with a separate group of people not primarily interested in aprs, we just want group messagibg