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Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio VOIP (Echolink) Part 1,2 and 3

by kp4tr on January 14, 2014

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Intro: Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio VOIP (Echolink) Part 1,2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-for-Amateur-Radio-VOIP-Echolink/
 Intro: Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio VOIP (Echolink) Part 1,2 and 3
This is an amateur radio transceiver wired into a Raspberry Pi and loaded with Echolink software (SVXLINK). One can use this with a 12V battery and connect to the
echolink network. See video parts 1,2 and 3.

Software in use is SVXLINK at:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/svxlink/wiki/SvxLink

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ve2zgm says: Jan 16, 2014. 8:31 PM REPLY

Ahh happy to see some amateurs radio here. Very good project you got there. Nice work!

I'm working on a repeater in my house, just for fun.

You can see some pictures here : http://va2rme.com/photos.php

(Explanations in french, sorry)

Actually using multiple Arduinos to make the COM port communication interface between electronics and computer. I should spare some money to try this
Rasberry Pie. I've linked the repeater on Echolink with a simple USB/Serial Port converter and an arduino. Working fine for now. Even still in
experimentation. But I've to admit, I like your portable Echolink interface. Maybe I'll get on it for fun.

Amateur radio starting to be abandonned arround me. There is some clubs who own a couple of repeaters but they do nothing. They are not experiencing
anything. When I've tried to help them and make some activity I got an "It's ok like that. We don't need to do anything. Our club and our repeater won't need
to be modified...". So amateur radio starting to die here. I'm trying to have some fun on my side, but radios, alone, are not very enjoyable =P

ai4px says: Jan 20, 2014. 2:23 AM REPLY

I have run into the same issue with local clubs and APRS mic encoder. When I wanted to put a TNC at repeater site to catch (and mute) packets, they
said no, the repeater is a service. When I put the TNC at the digipeater site listening to the input of the repeater (and not muting b/c its not on site) they
complained about the .5 sec burst. No innovation in ham radio lately.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-for-Amateur-Radio-VOIP-Echolink/
 kp4tr says: Jan 17, 2014. 8:24 PM REPLY
I have been building these for the past year. Mostly for IRLP but these are the first Echolink Raspberry Pi I build. I will feature them in Puerto Rico next
weekend

ve2zgm says: Jan 18, 2014. 12:22 AM REPLY

Is there an easy way to make synthesized voice with a Raspberry Pi ?

thinking about changing the PC, for my repeater, for a simple Raspberry Pi.

kp4tr says: Jan 18, 2014. 7:34 PM REPLY

Yes. there are 2 ways that I'm familiar with. One is using a package called festival. The other is called espeak.

install the package festival (apt-get install festival). Connect a speaker to the Pi, and use this command:

echo "testing my raspberry pi with voice | festival --tts >/dev/null 2>&1

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With espeak, install with apt-get install espeak, and use this command:

espeak -ven-us+f2 -k3 -s200 "testing my raspberry pi with voice" > /dev/null 2>&1

I use alsa-utils to control audio but thats another subject

kp4tr says: Jan 18, 2014. 8:38 PM REPLY

Forgot a close quote. It is:

echo "testing my raspberry pi with voice" | festival --tts >/dev/null 2>&1

justbennett says: Jan 16, 2014. 3:23 PM REPLY

Cool project. FYI, I believe it is pronounced Raspberry "Pie" as in the Greek letter Pi.

kp4tr says: Jan 18, 2014. 7:36 PM REPLY

I like using "pee eye", otherwise my non-techie friends think I'm talking about desserts

http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-for-Amateur-Radio-VOIP-Echolink/