====== Raspberry Pi Night ======

===== Goal =====

Bring together users, potential buyers and those interested in Raspberry Pi's via a community night event to learn and share about the uses of Pi's in our hobby [and more generally]

===== Date and time =====

Thursday 14 April 2022 20:00

===== Suggested Agenda Items =====

Please add to the following talking points. Although a small presentation might be needed the hope is that it can be a practical demonstration by a number of us.

  * Brief overview of pi's available
  * Tour of a pi
  * Pi Star - throughout the evening, build a hotspot
    * Show where to buy
    * Assemble from basics
    * Flash Memory Card
    * Carry out initial setup
    * Make contact over OARC bridge
  * Remote RTL-SDR 
  * Can someone share how to use/uses of docker on a Pi? [2E0UMS suggestion]
  * Use Cases
    * FT8 via WSJT-X including setting up FLDigi to control radio [2E0UMS]
    * Logging QSOs on Pi [2E0UMS]
      *  Cloudlog
  * Q&A (see section below)
  * Non amateur uses
       * Plex
       * Retropie
       * Flight Tracking (using RTL SDR sticks)
       * RTL_Airband [Danielle]
       * KVM
       * Home Automation e.g https://www.home-assistant.io/ 

===== Suggested Running Order =====

  * Overview of current pi's available
  * Demonstration of setting up a pi for the first time
  * A few examples of using amateur tools on raspbian [M0TZO/2E0UMS screen share]
  * Demo building a hotspot 
  * more examples of using pi's [doesn't have to be amateur]
  * Creating a remote rx station using RTL_SDR
  * Other examples, discussing good practice/ideas

==== Q&A ====

Please contribute questions and collectively we might have the answer

^  Serial  ^  Question  ^  Asked by  ^  Answer  ^  Answered by  ^
^  001  | How can I use containers like Docker to better configure my Pis? |  Simon - 2E0UMS  | |
^  002  | What is the best distribution to use for Amateur Radio on Pi? |  Simon - 2E0UMS  | |


===== Slidedecks and Resources =====

==== Tips and Tricks ====

^  Serial  ^  Website  ^  Submitted by  ^
^  001  | https://rpilocator.com/ |  Paul - M0TZO  |

==== Pi Images ====

^  Serial  ^  Website  ^  Comment  ^  Submitted by  ^