$40 Hamclock! Easy Setup and Instructions

Tools for Ham Radio!

HamIQ, The Inovato Quadra version of HamPi is now available and we are going through and installing /configuring commonly used programs.

In case you have not watched Part One yet, getting Hampi (HamIQ) setup:    • Easy  Inovato Quadra HamPI  / HamIQ Instal...  

Documentation:
https://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham...


Code discussed:
Fullscreen Hamclock on Boot:https://pastebin.com/THv4b9Ev (I can't post code in here because Youtube says they don't like brackets).

This guide shows you how to get Hamclock configured using HamPi/HamIQ onto the Inovato Quadra. This is a very basic / easy install guide.

I do go into a walkthrough tutorial in a way that lets you discover some of the features while hopefully getting you excited about this install.

Finally at the end, I show you how to make HamClock boot up and load automatically in fullscreen mode within HamIQ.

Future episodes will go into configuration of other HamIQ software, but since this image is on a Microsd card, Please feel free to play around. If you mess something up, just reinstall the image on the SD Card.

Inovato Quadra - https://www.inovato.com/

"Meet Quadra: A $29.95 complete mini-PC for school, home, hobby
Not just a raw board, Quadra is a complete modern Linux computer that can be used as a server or light-use desktop. It includes the case, heatsink, power adapter and HDMI cable. Just plug into a TV or monitor and a keyboard/mouse. No SD card needed as the OS (Debian Bullseye 64-bit) is pre-flashed in internal memory. A great option instead of Raspberry Pi when you don't need the 40-pin I/O header or want something more affordable that doesn't require assembly."

I recommend the 39.95 unit with the 10 dollar bluetooth / usb hub upgrade.

NOTE: MicroSD card will show as 16gb filesystem. I'll have a video soon on expanding the filesystem, when i figure it out.

Sourceforge - Hampi Image - https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamp...
Download the img.xz file. At the time of recording, it is HamPi_v3.1.1b2_InovatoQuadra.img.xz (Things change, I cannot control that)

In the event you need a text guide for the flashing of the image - https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamp...

Balena Etcher to write the image to a SD Card - https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Hot tip: if you wish to just burn the image to the device drive, just unplug everything, only plug in the power, and wait about ten minutes until the light turns blue on the quadra. Then you should be able unplug, remove the sd card and plug everything back in, stuff the Hampi/hamiq image on the internal 16gb drive. Video to come
Best of luck.