The Easiest Digital Mode Hotspot!
100Forget codeplugs, confusion, and endless configs—M17 just made digital radio EASY. In this video, I walk you step-by-step through setting up the WPSD Pi-Star dashboard on a Raspberry Pi to create a fully functional M17 hotspot. It's fast. It's open-source. And it's actually fun.
📡 What You’ll Learn:
• How to flash & configure the WPSD dashboard on a Raspberry Pi
• The easiest Wi-Fi config trick you’ll wish you knew sooner
• How to upgrade your MMDVM modem firmware for M17 compatibility
• How to link to M17 reflectors and make your first contact
• Bonus: live demo, dashboard tour, AND hardware tips
🚀 Why struggle with DMR, YSF, or D-STAR when M17 “just works”? Watch now and join the next evolution of digital ham radio.
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Command Lines:
🖥 ️ Find Your Modem: "sudo wpsd-detectmodem"
🖥 ️ Update your Firmware: "sudo wpsd-modemupgrade [modem]"
🛠 ️ Software:
👉 WPSD Pi-Star Dashboarhttps://w0chp.radio/wpsd/sd/
👉 BalenaEtcher to burn SD Cardhttps://etcher.balena.io/io/
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👉 K-Connector Speaker https://geni.us/AaN8/AaN8
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👉 CSI7000-M17 HT Rhttps://www.csi-radios.com/cs7000-m17/0-m17/
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