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- | __**What you'll need to complete the assembly**__\\ | ||
- | 1. Raspberry Pi 2.0 Model B or Raspberry Pi 3.0 or Raspberry Pi 4.\\ | ||
- | 2. 2 amp (minimum) power supply w/micro USB connector | ||
- | 3. Ethernet cable. | ||
- | 4. WiFi USB dongle. You only need this if you're using an Pi 2.0 and you want to use WiFi. WiFi | ||
- | is built into the Pi 3.0. | ||
- | 5. SD card (4 GB min, grade 10) | ||
- | 6. SD card reader (micro SD card to USB) | ||
- | 7. antenna mate to SMA connector | ||
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- | __**Programming an SD Card**__ | ||
- | **Setup** | ||
- | 1. You need an SD Card; at least 4GB, 8GB is better. Class 10. | ||
- | 2. SD Card reader/ | ||
- | reader/ | ||
- | 3. Win32DiskImager – It's a freebee. Download it from: | ||
- | https:// | ||
- | sourceforge.net/ | ||
- | 2. Install Win32DiskImager. | ||
- | 3. Disk Image – Download it from: | ||
- | WSPR SD Card Image for Pi 2, 3 [[https:// | ||
- | WSPR SD Card Image for Pi 4. | ||
- | 4. Unzip the file after it's finished downloading (it will take a while). | ||
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- | __**Program SD Card**__ | ||
- | 1. Plug the SD Card reader/ | ||
- | 2. Plug the SD Card into the reader/ | ||
- | {{: | ||
- | 3. Start Win32DiskImager. | ||
- | 4. Click on the folder icon in the upper right and find the disk image you downloaded and | ||
- | unzipped. | ||
- | 5. Click Write and go get a cup of coffee. Note: Win32DiskImager shows a small message box | ||
- | when it's done writing the SD card. Unfortunately, | ||
- | anything else you have up on the screen so you can't see it. Be forewarned that you might have | ||
- | to go looking for it. | ||
- | 6. Click Exit. | ||
- | 7. Remove the SD card and install it into the Pi. Make sure that power is disconnected from the Pi | ||
- | before doing this | ||
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- | If you haven' | ||
- | will work! | ||
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- | __**Install SD Card into Pi**__ | ||
- | First, insert the SD card into the Pi ( Figure 2: Inserting SD Card into Pi and Figure 3: SD Card | ||
- | Installed in Pi). The SD card sorta slides in up side down. On Pi 2.0 it ratchets in (pops in then out a | ||
- | little and sorta locks in place). On Pi 3.0 there' | ||
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- | __**Setting WSPR Configuration**__ | ||
- | {{: | ||
- | 1. Open a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, …) and type in the IP address you | ||
- | just recorded (192.168.0.67 for example). This will bring up the configuration screen shown in | ||
- | Figure 7: WSPR Configuration Screen - | ||
- | 2. Enter your callsign and gridsquare parameters. | ||
- | 3. Enter the SSID and passkey (password) for your WiFi network. These are what you use to | ||
- | enable your cell phone and things like Roku to use your home network. If you don't know what | ||
- | they are you'll have to go digging through your router to figure them out (see the | ||
- | Troubleshooting section). | ||
- | If you elect to not use WiFi then you don't need to enter SSID and Passkey. You will have to | ||
- | keep the Pi connected to the network by Ethernet cable because the Pi uses the Internet for time | ||
- | synchronization. | ||
- | 4. Check/ | ||
- | A WSPR message takes just under two minutes to send. The fastest you can send WSPR | ||
- | messages is every two minutes. It's considered bad form to flood the WSPR servers with | ||
- | messages. The default is to send a WSPR message every ten minutes. If you check the transmit | ||
- | every 2 mins checkbox then messages will be sent every two minutes. This setting is useful for | ||
- | testing and short term experiments. | ||
- | 5. Set the Transmit Power and Transmit Band to 23 dBm and 30m for 30m and 20 dBm and 40m | ||
- | for 40m. | ||
- | 6. When all done click on the **update button**. | ||
- | This will store the data on the Pi. | ||
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- | __**Restart Pi**__ | ||
- | 1. Press the pushbutton on the Kit board. Hold for two seconds and release. This commands the Pi to | ||
- | enter shutdown mode (you' | ||
- | system can be damaged – pulling the plug is bad). | ||
- | 2. Unplug the power supply, wait 10 sec, then plug the power supply back in and wait until the | ||
- | LEDs on the Pi stop flashing | ||
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- | __**Measure RF Output**__ | ||
- | The LED on the WWoT turns on when the WWoT is transmitting. Wait until the LED is on and | ||
- | measure the voltage across the test points labeled RF Level and Gnd. This should be in the | ||
- | range of 3-5 volts, indicating the WSPR transmitter is generating full power. | ||
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