Shiawassee Amateur Radio Association [SARA]

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Shiawassee County HSMM/BBHN

Highspeed Multimedia [HSMM] ~ Broadband Ham Network [BBHN] efforts are have been declining in recent years. The activity was not a 'club' sponsored activiity and the group shifted to using a cabled high speed switch for Field Day efforts. The goup members provide the operating site networking support for SARA's activities. Usually recently we have been using stations, each using a computer logging program on the 'linked system' for smooth operation. Networking details may be captured here to assist members in keeping things coordinated.

SARA had previously utilized the HSMM/BBHN hardware for Field Day logging and linking of the various station positions. It was a great way of keeping things synced up in the field. We did not continue to expand into a 'county-wide' BBHN emergency network. We decided we did not have enough resources to make it functional. We have thus closed this topic (for the foreseeable future). We have no current-future plans regarding the HSMM network.

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Raspberry Pi [RPi] ~ References

A large amount of Raspberry Pi information links:

• RPi Quickstart Guide ~ The Raspberry Pi organizations 'official' guide to get started learning RPi. Great for first time and begining users.
• RPi Projects ~ Many 'project' concepts and implementations.
• RPi Orgs Documentation ~ Documentation on the various RPis.
• RPi Forums ~ A place to voice your questions and expect answers to be provided.
• MagPiI Magazine issues and RPi books (Free). ~ The complete pdf file downloads area for RPi topics (free). Includes Beginners books; Essentials "topic" - where topic is Bash (Command Line), C, Camera, etc.; Link is 01 through 86, Try a web link to https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues/XX/pdf {where XX is two digit issue number).
  Use The MagPi Magazine for issues after number 86.
• HackSpace Magazine Issues Page ~ Downloadable Issues of "HackSpace" magazines (Free).
• Windows on RPi ~ Run Windows (Uses RPi 4).
• Genesee County ARC Presentation - April 2018 ~ Microcontroller/Microcomputer Presentation by WB8GUS.

That is a couple of years worth of reading on RPi...GREAT 'FREE Information"! Enjoy.

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Arduino / AD9850 / AD9851 / Si5351 Projects & References

If you want to start working with Arduinos then the following may interest you.

• Arduino IDE 2.0 Page look for the Arduino Beta 2.0 beta {2.0.0-beta.5 version}. GitHub for Arduino IDE 2.0 - Lots of information. Then, checkout the Arduino IDE blog 2.0 to understand the new environment.
• Arduino / AD9850 VFO Project {SARA page} ~ Take off from BITX-40 to a DDS VFO project.
• RPi / Arduino / Linux Tutorials - Top Tech Boys Site - Great Learning site for beginners.
• Adafruit Web Site - Projects and Tutorials (and purchase parts).
• Virtual Breadboard (Windows) ~ Simulate your bread board on a Windows computer. Great for checking out Arduino projects.
• You Tube Videos of Virtual Breadboard ~ Good information ... I like: Create PCB Shield Breakout form Virtual Breadboard files.
• Using Python for Arduino - lessons ~ Python Coding for Arduino usage.

Amateur Packet Reporting System [APRS] Shiawassee County, MI and GPS

• APRS Beginners Guide ~ KC8ETW ~ Project to make small APRS Tracker Boxes.
• "u-center" Windows (GPS) ~ GPS Development / Evaluation Software.