APRS Digipeater Baofeng Mobilinkd

APRS Digipeater with a Baofeng radio, Mobilinkd TNC, and a raspberry pi. The video covers connecting the pi to the mobilinkd and setting up xastir to run it all. Even Baofeng haters should watch as a simple cable swap allows you to use almost any radio in this setup.

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Mobilinkd - http://www.mobilinkd.com/
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►Commands used in video
hcitool scan
sudo rfcomm connect /dev/rfcomm0 TNC-MAC-ADDRESS
ls /dev | grep rfcomm
sudo apt-get install xastir
sudo xastir

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