Portsdown and Minitioune for Repeater?

Discussion about this major DATV Project. See https://wiki.batc.org.uk/The_Portsdown_Transmitter
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df3ei
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Portsdown and Minitioune for Repeater?

Post by df3ei » Wed May 26, 2021 6:17 pm

Hi, all,
is there such a setup that will allow the Portsdown software in repeater mode to use a MiniTiouner as its input source? If yes, are there any guides on how to achieve this?

Thanks,

Jörg

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Re: Portsdown and Minitioune for Repeater?

Post by radiogareth » Wed May 26, 2021 6:40 pm

Got a vouge feeling that there is a Pluto based DATV repeater concept discussed on the AmsatDL forums.....
Gareth G4XAT

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Re: Portsdown and Minitioune for Repeater?

Post by df3ei » Thu May 27, 2021 5:05 pm

Hi, Gareth,

I just wonder, a radio friend of mine is receiving with Portsdown 2020 and the Minitioune. I am trying to work out how to enter that mode using the Console Menu (no touch screen). RPi is version 3. The transmit part of the Portsdown is not really needed; apologies that I was unclear about that in my question.

Thanks,

Jörg

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Re: Portsdown and Minitioune for Repeater?

Post by G8GKQ » Thu May 27, 2021 8:42 pm

Jörg

No, the Portsdown can't be controlled to receive without the use of a touchscreen.

I would suggest rebuilding it as a Ryde and fitting an HDMI display. BUT, you'd need a Raspberry Pi 4 for that.

Dave

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