I'm an amature radio operator, call sign WB2KTV since 1969, and have
just purchased a device called the Rugged Spot, which is an interesting
bit of hardware and software that connects a digital-mode ham radio to
the Internet via a custom-built device with a Pi 3-B at its core. I
really wanted the Shark RF OpenSpot, which is a bit simpler device I
think, but it's discontinued, pending the release of a new model, which
is already eight months late on delivery, so I found out about this one,
it's fairly new, got good reviews, runs on a Pi, so I went for it. It
hasn't arrived yet, so I can't tell you anything more about it, but it
occurred to me that if it runs on a 3-B, the possibility should exist to
be able to put some kind of speech on it, at least for setup purposes.
Has anyone (A) heard of this device, and (B) tried putting Orca or
Speakup on it to run its dashboard software? If you want to take a look
at the image, you can get it from
https://www.pistar.uk/downloads/Pi-Star_RPi_V3.4.16_10-Aug-2018.zip. And ;
I don't think the fact that it runs on a Pi and its current version
number is 3.4.16 are relevant or connected, although it gave me a good
chuckle when I saw it. The Web page at hamradio1.com said the latest
version was 3.4.11 from back in March, 3.4.16 just came out yesterday.
The whole system is a bit geeky, but totally software-driven, very
open-ended and flexible. Somebody take the shot and tell us all what you
think about adding some kind of speech to this image, or taking it apart
and putting the necessary components on an already running image. I'm
hoping against hope that the supplied operating system is something we
know about, and not something custom-designed and -built.
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