What Is APRS, How Does It Work, and What Do Amateur Radio Operators Need to Know?
If you have spent time monitoring the 2-meter amateur radio band, you may have heard short bursts of digital noise on 144.390 MHz. Those bursts are probably APRS…
APRS DigiPi
APRS DigiPi
Upgrading My DigiPi to Version 2.2-1 and a 10.1-Inch Touchscreen
September 2026 My Raspberry Pi–based DigiPi has become an important part of my amateur-radio setup. I primarily use it for APRS with Dire Wolf, but DigiPi supports many…
Full DigiPi APRS Deployment Guide
Raspberry Pi + Dire Wolf + systemd (iGate / Digipeater) Scope and Design Goals This guide documents a production-style APRS DigiPi deployment using: Design Objectives Hardware Architecture Required…
Engineering a Low-Cost APRS Node with Raspberry Pi, DigiPi, and a Baofeng UV-5R Mini
Overview APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) remains one of the most mature examples of distributed RF data networking in real-world use. Long before the rise of modern IoT…
DigiPi 2.0: Building a Reliable APRS Digipeater & iGate with Low-Cost Hardware
DigiPi 2.0: Building a Reliable APRS Digipeater & iGate with Low-Cost Hardware DigiPi 2.0, created by KM6LYW, is a purpose-built Linux distribution designed to simplify the deployment of…