Ham Radio Remote Control
Installation Guide
Simple Ham Radio Remote Control is a free ¹web app, it comes preinstalled on a Raspbian Lite Image which is flashed onto a 8GB or larger microSD card using your favorite software to flash microSD cards. There is No additional software to install.
System requirements
- Ham Radio Callsign
- Chrome or Firefox web browser
- Admin access to your router
- Active Internet connection
Hardware required
- VHF, UHF, HF, HT Amateur Ham radio transceiver
- Micro SD card adapter
- Micro SD card (8GB class 10 or larger)
- Raspberry Pi (3B - 3B+ or 4B armv7l)
- Raspberry Pi Power Supply 2.5A - (3A - 3.5A better)
- Cat5 Ethernet cable
- USB Audio Adapter
- Audio Interface - Example Ham Radio Remote Control Radio Interface Here ✓
- Two One Channel 12v Relay Module Relay Switch
- Computer with an SD slot (or an appropriate SD card adapter)
Download, Install the Image onto your microSD card
- This image contains everything you need to get up and running quickly.
- Download: SimpleHRR PTT v0.0.1-a.
Sorry for the inconvenience, you might have to close the Dropbox tab when the download has finished.
Windows: Install the Image onto your microSD card
- Download: SimpleHRR PTT v0.0.1-a.
- Extract the image double-click the .zip file then click Extract All.
- Insert the microSD card into the computer's SD card slot use the SD card adapter if needed.
- Next, flash the image to the microSD card with your favorite image writer. There are various image writer you can use, example Etcher - Raspberry Pi Imager works for Linux, macOS or Windows.
- Now remove the flashed microSD from the computer, keep it in a save place will insert it into the Raspberry Pi later.
Prepare the Radio for Remote Operation
- Install a radio interface between radio and the Raspberry Pi example Here ✓
Connect the Raspberry Pi to Network
- Plug the Cat5 cable into the Raspberry Pi Ethernet port the other end to the LAN
Booting the Raspberry Pi for the First Time
- Insert the flashed microSD card into the Raspberry Pi microSD slot
- Power ON the Raspberry Pi
- Wait for the Pi to boot up - the green LED should stop flashing when it's finished!
Get the Raspberry Pi IP Address
- Open a browser and Log in to your router as admin. The router IP address is usually something like 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 or 10.0.0.1
- Find Attached Devices -> Device Name (Raspberry Pi simplehrr-ptt-o-ip) - IP Address
(something like 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x). - Write down or copy the corresponds IP Address you will need that to set up Simple Ham Radio Remote.
Set up Simple Ham Radio Remote Control on your Raspberry Pi
- Open a Chrome or Firefox web browser enter the URL:
https://your-Pi's-IP-address:60000/ptt - Enter Username: Ham Radio Callsign (confirmed on QRZ.com)
- Enter Email address: Optional: Just leave noemail@noemail.com
- Enter Password: (greater then 8 char)
- Select Radio: (P2P-PTT)
- Select Dev USB: (/dev/ttyUSB0)
- Click [ Activate ]
- Verify the information is correct Click [ OK ]
- Wait 1 minute for Raspberry Pi to reboot
- Click [ OK ]
- Enter Username (your Callsign)
- Enter Password (your Password)
- Click [ Sign in ]
- Click [ Call Radio ]
- Click [ Start Audio ]
- Click or Press [ PTT ] to Transmit Logout:
- Click [ Hang Up ]
That's it.
Read me:
- First time boot: takes about 2+ minutes all prerequisites are installed during the first boot. Wait 2 minutes, then start checking https://your-Pi's-IP-address:60000/ptt.
- This installation: is for LAN access only. Port Forwarding required for Internet access.
- Fist time [ Call Radio ]: take's about 15 seconds to connects after that it is a lot faster.
- IOS iPhone Safari: iPhone 12 Pro max v17.2.1.
- IOS Safari issues during testing: will not Logout unless the session and tab are removed.
- Android phone Chrome : no issues during testing.
- Win7-10-11 PC Desktop-Laptop Chrome-Firefox: no issues during testing.
- Supported Radios: VHF, UHF, HF, HT Amateur Ham radio transceiver.
- CTCSS (PL) Tones Frequencies; Set in the Admin drop-down volume set in dB (-20dB)
- User-selectable GPIO pins use any available GPIO pin.
- Preset GPIO pins: ground pin-14, Power ON/OFF GPIO 23-16 , Push2Talk GPIO 24-18.
- Web app test setup: Icom IC-2AT with IC-2AT Radio Interface.
- Always review the FCC rules - regulation before operating any two-way radio remotely
- Current Release notes:
Simple ham radio remote control web app is fully functional, but still in the process of refining some aspects of the web app.
2024-07-08-0.0.1-a-simplehrr-ptt-lite.img
Fixed some minor issues
2024-04-18-0.0.1-a-simplehrr-ptt-lite.img
First release
Related Links
*SimpleHRR PTT is the short name Simple Ham Radio Remote Control. ¹ web application (or web app) is application software that is accessed using a web browser.