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Random Wire 152: WPSD-M17 Community Fork works with Raspberry Pi 5! Also, step-by-step instructions for building a Raspberry Pi 4 hotspot…
October 10, 2025: The WPSD-M17 fork works on the Raspberry Pi 5 platform! I assembled another hotspot with a Raspberry Pi 4 and documented this each…
Oct 10
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 151: Hamspot 5 for the win, DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3 is a no go with MX Linux, and my corduroy landscape.
October 3, 2025: Lots of short stack content, the Hamspot 5 is featured, additional DVMEGA Cast observations, ASL3 won't work with MX Linux, and I talk…
Oct 3
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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September 2025
Random Wire 150: Running MX Linux on a Mac Mini 2014
September 26, 2025: Featured is my new "Mac Stack" consisting of two old Mac Mini 2014 computers, one running macOS Monterey and one running MX Linux…
Sep 26
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 149: The DVMEGA Cast digital voice appliance
September 19, 2025: Featured this week is the DVMEGA Cast all-in-one radio appliance for D-STAR, DMR, and Yaesu System Fusion.
Sep 19
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 148: Antennas, some HF radio time, MX Linux, and the DVMEGA Cast radio.
September 12, 2025: It was a busy week with little time for radio, but I found time to play with antennas, HF radios, and MX Linux. The DVMEGA Cast…
Sep 12
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 147: Hodgepodge from the hospital room
September 5, 2025: Topics in RW 147 include: a digital interface; trying to install Debian on a Chromebook; thoughts on MX Linux; M17 ideas; the M17 Net…
Sep 5
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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August 2025
Random Wire 146: A mini hotspot for M17, DTMF commands for your ASL 3 node, more about RPi4 and K-1 speaker-mic interface
August 29, 2025: Featured in Random Wire issue 146 is the construction of a small digital hotspot with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2WH and an MMDVM hat. Build a…
Aug 29
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 145: Resurrection of an AllStar node with a Raspberry Pi 4, and the Kenwood TS-50S is not transmitting
August 22, 2025: The featured content this week is the resurrection of my failed AllStar node 588412, replacing the mini PC with a Raspberry Pi 4.
Aug 22
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 144: W0AEZ batteries, stealthy HF antennas, and another Raspberry Pi case
August 15, 2025: I've put an extended battery by W0AEZ into service on a Yaesu FT5DR, and tried three different portable antennas with a Kenwood TS-50S…
Aug 15
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 143: Building an AllStar node using a Raspberry Pi 4 and Argon ONE case
August 8, 2025: The Zero Retries Digital Conference, a Raspberry Pi 4-based AllStar node build, what's on my bench, and some thoughts.
Aug 8
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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Random Wire 142: Building an RPi 5 AllStarLink node
August 1, 2025: I build an AllStarLink node on a Raspberry Pi 5 platform with an NVMe drive!
Aug 1
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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July 2025
TechNote: Converting your WPSD hotspot to WPSD-M17
TechNote-9, August 1, 2025: Follow my steps to successfully convert your hotspot running WPSD to the forked version that supports M17. #technote
Jul 26
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Tom Salzer KJ7T
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