Ham on RPi4 – Install Pat Winlink on Raspberry Pi 4

Ham on RPi4 – Install Pat Winlink on Raspberry Pi 4

Total credit for this post goes to Jason, KM4ACK Fighting sinus headache plus cold/flu symptoms this morning and having a bit of difficulty focusing – and yet, I was able to follow along with the instructions provided in Jason’s latest YouTube video and have “Pat Winlink” running just fine on my Raspberry Pi 4b 4gb. Have already received and responded […]

RPi4 – The easy way to back up your Micro SD card

RPi4 – The easy way to back up your Micro SD card

While I had previously mentioned installing the “gparted” package for “Graphical Partition Editor”, as a package I want to learn in detail soon, I want to point out there is a wonderful little tool provided in Raspbian’s graphical interface/menu system. Raspberry | Accessories | SD Card Copier If you are using the CANAKIT Raspberry Pi 4 4gb Starter Kit mentioned […]

The “Command Line” and RPi4

The “Command Line” and RPi4

In a time long, long ago, in a world long forgotten, I was introduced to something called “Unix” and a command line interface via a Unix “shell” called “bash” via an on-line company known as “NetCom.com”. It’s been many years, but I still remember the fascinating power of those commands available to my fingers – all I had to do […]

RPi4 Operating “Headless”, on-line magazine, etc.

One of the things I learned early on in playing with Raspberry Pi’s is the sheer convenience of operating them remotely using a program called “VNC” (for Virtual Network Computing/Computer), server edition on the Pi and a “VNC Viewer” on my laptop computer. My existing “Pis” are in a room in the back of the house we call our “Ham […]

Sometimes Life Takes Over

Well, finally getting around to updating this old blog again… I just deleted an entry that read: Donating our old 30 foot Fleetwood Wilderness 5th Wheel trailer” As that has already happened. We had started that process when Heidi’s Mom, Katharina, fell after an early morning walk out in front of her home June 3rd, 2019. Fortunately, the lady she […]