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Hello After installing 73 Linux package on Raspberry Pi 5 I can’t use HAM Clock. Any time I open that app I’m getting a message - RESTful server is using same port 8080. Where and how I can update port settings? Thanks! 73 De AA1SL

I noticed in Jason's latest newsletter he mentioned Meshtastic devices he saw at the Dayton Hamvention. I've been playing with these things for a couple months and thought I'd share some of my learnings. None of what follows is intended to dissuade anyone from playing around or running their own experiments, they are neat toys, but (jumping to the bottom line real quick) Meshtastic is not ready for prime-time as a reliable comms mechanism in a disaster scenario in a way that APRS or even VARAC might be (my opinion). There are alot of Youtube videos and Internet articles explaining what Meshtastic is and how to get started with it, so I'll not cover that part. I'll just cover some conclusions I've drawn. There are many device makers, but two primary (most common) ones: Heltec and RAK WISBlock. Heltec have many models and are generally cheaper, but draw more power due to the chips used. People who want to build a solar-powered unit, for example, usually go with the RAK WISblock units as many have had success keeping them running for days/weeks in decent solar locations with just a 3K amp-hour battery as backup. The Heltec's, with the same battery, run down in 1-2 days (although you can power down several of the functions such as GPS and extend this to maybe 3-4 days, see this article for more about that: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/heltec-tracker-v1-and-v1-1-power-config/12016. If you don't care about location tracking of your Meshtastic node (and I'll dare say for most home-based use this isn't needed) you can skip the GPS and save money and power. This is not like FT8 or other digital modes where an accurate time is required -- GPS is mostly not necessary unless you are actually using the Meshtastic node as a tracking device. As a beginner selecting a device to purchase, go to https://flasher.meshtastic.org/, drop down the "Select Target Device" list and make sure the device you intend to buy is on that list. There are hundreds of other LoRa devices that will not run the Meshtastic software/firmware and are not listed there. Flashing your new device with Meshtastic using that Flasher website is the first step once you have the device in hand. After that refer to the meshtastic.org website for configuration guidance. The factory default config will work without tweaking to start. There are ALOT of config options, and lots of ways to make your device not work -- but you can always reflash back to "factory". The antenna you choose also plays a huge part, as in most radio comms. After testing a couple dozen of the stubby antennas that come with the Lora boards from Heltec and RAK, only about 10% of them actually had decent SWR (below 3:1) -- even when they physically appeared identical. I've decided to build my own antennas for 915MHz (for USA use). I'm skimming over a very few high points of a topic where there is alot to learn. I'll leave most of that fun up to you. But why do I say "Meshtastic is not ready for prime-time as a reliable comms mechanism"? Because in areas where there are few Meshtastic nodes, messages do not get passed. And in areas where there are many Meshtastic nodes, congestion occurs and messages do not get passed (examples are England and Sweden, with other European countries rapidly approaching the congestion level). There seems to be a narrow sweet spot where Meshtastic works nicely. There is also a contentious Meshtastic feature called MQTT. This feature uses the Internet to pass messages if the radio-radio connections cannot be made. It is contentious because in practice it causes congestion if many nodes in an area use it. It is turned off by default and best practice calls for it to stay turned off. A bad actor could also use a bunch of MQTT-enabled Meshtastic nodes to disrupt communications -- there isn't any protection against this as of now. So, again, the above is my take on things to date. New firmware may modify some of the concerns above in the future. The little Meshtastic nodes are fun to tinker with are are still relatively inexpensive, and there is alot of information availabl

I just installed Direwolf and LinBPQ configured as an RMS for 1200 baud Packet following the video "Winlink Gateway on a Raspberry Pi LinBPQ". The install is on a fresh Pi 3B with Debian Bookworm. Everything seems to be running correctly but when I try to connect with either Winlink Express or Pat from Windows (don't have Pat on a PI). It connects but I only get the prompt for a BPQ node (Type ? for list of available commands.) instead of the message in the Outbox being transmitted. I have been approved as a Sysop. I have successfully been working with Winlink Express and Pat using both Vara HF and ARDOPC but don't have a VHF Packet station within range of my system so I'm not sure if this is a client setup problem or a setup for Pi and RMS. Any help is appreciated. 73 Dave WB9TEN

Hi I have been experimenting to send APRS HF via JS8 call message to and vhf APRS stations receiving good for VHF. I would like to know if is it possible to receive a message on JS8 call HF via APRS, from an station on VHF using YAAC? What should the JS8 all station Hf have to do to listen or request a message send to the HF station. In other words is there a command on JS8 call to request any pending message that was send via APRS? thanks George/HP1GDS

Hi I am using a raspberry pi 4B 8gb. And want to improve the lags I am having on different applications like PaT, YAAC, Sdr++, etc.. What is the fastest micro SD card in your experience for using every software for emcom and ham radio in one Raspberry with out lags for Sdr, Vara HF, Fldigi, and all the 73 Linux softwares? All this is for operations portable, outdoor. George / HP1GDS

Jason/Anyone that know. Is Emergency Email server still available for the newest Distros of Pi or other? Also is it a part of 73 Linux? If not I would love to help bring it back. I have a CERT group in our community that would like to bring some local resources in to make this an emergency option. Thanks! Ronny W4TRI

Hello. I'm testing the aprs tool, APSPOT for POTA, SOTA spots. Question: is there a command which brings all spots heard? I know that I can spot my activation, but would like to know if I can receive info of others after their initial spot. Thanks for any thoughts. 73. Jonathan, KK7PW

I would like to install 73Linus on an Evolve III laptop. Before I do so, I would like to backup the current Win11 installation so I could reinstall that OS should I want to. Or is it possible to install 73Linux to an external drive and be able to boot into 73Linux when I have need? Dick W4RSS

I have a Pi4 that I installed BAP on about a year ago but never finished setting it all up. Now I want to finish up. Am I better off switching to 73linux? Can I just install 73linux to install and manage apps? Do I need to delete the year-old apps if so? I looked through the archives and didn't see a clear answer. Not sure how best to proceed. No interest in VARA, just for WSJTX (latest release candidate), JTDX, Gridtracker, CQRLOG, FLDIGI, and a few other assorted apps. I am thinking I had to do a manual install, maybe even a compile, of either WSJTX or JTDX a year ago? Steve AK0M

I’ll preface this with “no” is a complete response. :) If the answer to any of the following is “no,” that’s fine. I give that answer out a lot. Also, I’m not sure if this is the correct forum for making and tracking requests like this. If it is not, please advise and I will request in the appropriate location. In addition to being an amateur radio operator, I am also a SHARES member. On my Mac using AppleScripts, I have written two scripts - one for "Pat_Amateur" and one for "Pat_SHARES." It involves having three .json files - one for my amateur call (w4jbb.json), one for my SHARES call (nnb4jb.json) and the normal config.json file. When I invoke "Pat_Amateur," I copy the w4jbb.json file to config.json and when I invoke "Pat_SHARES," I copy nnb4jb.json to config.json. While it took me a while to figure out *how* do to this because I'm not a coder, it now seems trivial. Other parts of my scripts start Terminal and rigctld and the pat web server. I then start VARA HF (using CrossOver) of which I have two instances - again, one for my amateur call and one for my SHARES call (I probably should have just had one instance but we don't use CW ID in SHARES on Winlink and I couldn't figure out how to turn that off using one instance of VARA-HF in CrossOver). Item Request #1: Would it be possible to do something similar using Pat Menu in 73Linux? Using Pat, I *really* miss the address book and I have *no* idea how to set about doing this in AppleScripts... I don't even know where to start. Item Request #2: Would it be possible to add an address book using scripting in Linux for Pat Menu? I did ask on the Pat group if an address book had been... ahem... addressed but I have yet to receive a response. Item Request #2.5: In lieu of #2, could you add a script to Pat Menu that invoked ICS 213 with specific addresses already filled in and then I fill in the pertinent information for a Net Report? (That may be a big ask. I know in RMS Express, the ICS 213 form, once filled in, remembers previous entries in those fields. It may be the same way in Pat. Yesterday was the first time I'd filled out ICS 213 using Pat). Item Request #3: In addition to getting a weather report via GPS, could you add a button that just used GPS coordinates if known? That may be there but I've somehow missed it. Regards, Joel - W4JBB

Hi All, I recently built a QDX and have been trying to get it to work with 73Linux. I have a nagging low audio issue that I can't seem to work through. I have been assured by Hans, the designer of the QDX, that it is absolutely a software issue and not hardware. I have adjusted the Pulse Audio sliders all to 100% and there is still not enough volume to "drive" the transmitter. I have adjusted the ALSA Mixer via the CLI as well with no luck. Anybody have an idea of where else to look? Thanks in Advance, Mark KC6UXQ

Several of the apps in my iteration of 73 Linux are sadly out of date. Is there a way to update them? Several of the more popular applications have had major improvements and/or bug fixes. Specifically, FLDIGI, FLRIG, WSJT-X. It is always a good idea to run the current General Availability (GA) releases in order to stay fully compatible with everyone else. Another case in point it HAMLIB, which is critical to the operation of FLDIGI and/or FLRIG. Thanks for any ideas on this. I hope 73 Linux is capable of staying current with today's General Availability releases without having to resort to acquisition of source code and manual compilation. Best regards, Gary, K7EK

I am running build-a-pi on another RPi - so maybe my expectations are messed up. On a RPi 4 - running latest 32bit OS After installing OS on SD card - and doing apt update and apt upgrade, I download and ran 73Linux. Lots of Gdk-CRITICAL errors. After reboot - there is a wide (maybe 1/4 screen) black vertical stripe. (is that where CONKY should be?() There is no 73Linux background image. And i selected the Raspberry symbol (top left) to see the menu items. I had installed perhaps 15 items - many are missing. In particular WSJT-X is not on the Ham menu. FLRIG does work- and talks to my radio. Pat menu works (up to a point) - fired up Packet modem and get an error - but I bet I have more configuring to do to get that to work.

Pi4, Bookworm, 32bit, latest 73Linux. DigiRig talking to Yaesu 857D WSJT-X works... Trying to configure Pat Pat telnet works Trying to run Packet... In Pat Menu - Configuration - I set Rig Control to yes. And changed the Pat Port to 5000. I hit update. I reboot. I run Flrig I start the Packet modem - it appears to start... Browser opens - and tries to connect to port 5000. Fails. I try port 8080 - and it works - hmmm I try to connect to my W6SON-10 - radio never goes in to transmit. Feels like PAT PORT change didn't take,and Rig Control in configuration didn't take. I go back to pat menu and look at the configuration - the rig control is set to yes, and port to 5000. For sure port didn't take effect. Maybe rig control didn't (or I may have some other issue with rig control). Jim KM6GUO

Configuring a new RPi 4 - bookworm - 73Linux. Earlier today I was able to ssh from it and to it (Which got me out of one bind). But now it (and my older RPi 4) both have ssh hanging: sudo ssh -v pi@... OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u3, OpenSSL 1.1.1w 11 Sep 2023 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 10.24.122.137 [10.24.122.137] port 22. And it hangs there... ARGH! Theories - suggestions? Jim KM6GUO

The title. I tried installing tqsl from 73linux twice, each time it seemed to go through the motions but didn't install. Any suggestions? My next step would be try installing from repo, but would prefer to stay in the 73linux framework if possible.

I have been using Build-A-Pi on a couple of Raspberry Pi's, and am setting up a new Pi 4 that will travel with my KX3. I will run Pat and WSJT-X primarily on this Pi. Hoping to get VARA running on this Pi. 32 or 64? Bookworm? Now I have to remember how to image a new headless Pi - get it on the network, etc.

Trying to set up Winlink and hit a roadblock with hamlib. Installed it through 73linux and when I input rigctl -l I get the error: Undefined symbol: debugmsgsave I am on Buster. Thanks for any help.