WSPR station with RF Board and Raspberry Pi

A campaign has been launched on Kickstarter for an RF breakout board for the Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi has been a huge hit with radio amateurs and other hobbyists since its launch in 2012.

Every Raspberry Pi has a programmable clock generator on board which can be used as a frequency synthesiser up to 250MHz with a logic level output capable of delivering 10mW without any amplification.

The Kickstarter kit provides a breakout board that brings the Raspberry Pi clock generator out to a BNC socket with a prototyping area for your own circuits. Building a QRP WSPR beacon is as simple as adding a low pass filter and downloading the Raspberry Pi WSPR software.

Kickstarter Project - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2001938575/rf-breakout-kit-for-the-raspberry-pi

Ham Radio Deluxe Team Grows - UK Member Added

The popular Ham Radio software, Ham Radio Deluxe have added two new members,

“As our product continues to reach more ham shacks, the need to increase our staff in both development and support became apparent. I’m thrilled to bring their expertise into the HRD family.”

— Rick Ruhl, W4PC

John Henry, KI4JPL to the HRD Development Staff and Robin Moseley, G1MHU to the Support Staff.

John, KI4JPL has been a software developer since 1987, working for various companies and most recently working with TEN-TEC developing rig firmware and pc applications, as well as major parts of several other products. "I'm looking forward to what I can do with HRD and help out with adding new features and supporting the growth of another market leader," said John.

Robin, G1MHU joins the team from the UK where he has been doing software support; training and hardware support for the past 17 years, and has most recently worked for a speech recognition dictation company. Robin said, "I have been using HRD since 2006, when I bought my first rig that could be computer controlled. I am QRV 80m through to 70cm at the moment, currently experimenting with 2m EME. I'm quite excited to assist our users to make the most of this wonderful software."

With these additions to the team, HRD also sadly says goodbye to Jason Boyer, N6EY. Jason has moved in to the education field and secured a position as a science teacher where he is excited to bring science and technology into a high school, and hopefully ham radio as well. "Jason was an amazing member of our QA and Support team and will be missed, but we know he will be making a difference in the lives of young people in his classrooms and we couldn't be prouder," said Rick, W4PC on behalf of the entire team.

One final change to note regarding phone support hours that take effect immediately. Phones will now be open for support at 5:00AM EST and stay open until 7 PM EST Monday through Thursday and until 6:00PM EST on Friday. As always, Ham Radio Deluxe is free to try before you buy for 30 days.

Download Ham Radio Deluxe 6.2 - http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com.

HRD YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/hrdsoftware

UK Amateur Radio Training Online

Essex Ham, a UK amateur / ham radio group based in the South-east have announced that their training team have posted online their UK Amateur Radio Foundation training package.  

The group are keen to promote and bring to air more people to the amateur / ham radio hobby, and believe by making their course material online can only help those looking to obtain their Foundation licence. 

The course material can be used as a stand-alone distance learning course, or as a revision aid for those on an existing training course. 

For more details, and to watch the Foundation Online video - http://www.hamtrain.co.uk/