Single Board Computers in Amateur Radio
Demonstrates deploying Raspberry Pi and single-board computers for digital amateur radio modes, APRS gateways, and remote control.
Summary
In this hardware tutorial from the DEF CON Safe Mode Ham Radio Village, an amateur radio operator demonstrates integrating Single Board Computers (SBCs) into modern ham radio stations. Opening at 00:02, the presenter compares popular SBC platforms, detailing the hardware specifications and power requirements of the Raspberry Pi 3B+ and Raspberry Pi 4.
At 11:00 and 22:00, the speaker walks through flashing headless Raspberry Pi OS images, configuring wpa_supplicant.conf for automated Wi-Fi provisioning, and configuring remote VNC access.
At 33:01 and 44:00, the demonstration illustrates interfacing the Raspberry Pi with an Icom transceiver via USB sound cards and CI-V rig control cables, configuring amateur radio software packages such as WSJT-X and FLDIGI to operate FT8 and digital packet modes in portable field environments. (AI summary — Gemini Flash)
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