Click this link and save the file to your Downloads folder:

⬇️ Download Kelly for the Pi

The file is called kellypage-0.4.38-arm64-lite.img.xz. It's big (about 280 MB), so give it a few minutes. Don't open it. Just leave it in Downloads.

1. Get Raspberry Pi Imager from raspberrypi.com/software, then install it and open it.
2. Put the SD card in your PC.
3. Device: pick your Pi model (for example Raspberry Pi 5).
4. Operating System: scroll right down to the bottom of the list and click Use custom. A window opens to choose a file:
   • On the left side of that window, click 📁 Downloads.
   • Click once on the file kellypage-0.4.38-arm64-lite.img.xz. Windows might hide the ending and show just kellypage-0.4.38-arm64-lite.img. That's the same file.
   • Click Open.
   • Can't see the file? It may still be downloading, so wait for it to finish. Or type kellypage in the search box at the top right of the window.
   Imager now shows kellypage-0.4.38-arm64-lite as the chosen operating system. ✅
5. Storage: pick your SD card. ⚠️ Double-check it's the SD card, because everything on it gets wiped.
6. Click Next. If it asks about "OS customisation" or "settings", choose No. You're using a cable, so nothing needs setting.
7. Say Yes to the warning and wait for it to write and check the card (about 5 minutes ☕).
8. When it says it's finished, take the card out.

1. Put the SD card in the Pi. It goes in underneath, label side facing down.
2. Plug the Ethernet cable from the Pi into your router.
3. Plug the radio's USB data lead into any USB socket on the Pi, and switch the radio on.
4. Plug in the Pi's power last.
5. Wait 3 minutes. ⏳ On its very first start it sets itself up, and there's nothing to watch.

On your PC, click the Start button, type PowerShell and open it. A blue or black window appears. Type this exactly, then press Enter:

ssh [email protected]

• If it asks "Are you sure you want to continue connecting?", type yes and press Enter.
• At password, type kellypage and press Enter. 👀 Nothing shows on screen while you type a password. That's normal, just keep typing.
• The Pi now asks you to make up your own password. First type kellypage again (the old one), then your new password twice. ✍️ Write it down!
• It then closes the connection. That's normal too. Type the same ssh line again and log in with your new password.

The Pi asks for your password once more (your new one), then:

It finishes with "Kelly Page is running." 🎉 Below that is your own Kelly address, something like:

http://kellypage.local:8025/?connect=ip&token=abcd2345ef

Highlight that whole line with your mouse, then right-click to copy it. The jumble of letters at the end is your private key, which stops anyone else on your network using your radio. Keep it to yourself. 🔒

You can close the PowerShell window now. You're done with the Pi!

1. Open Chrome or Edge, click in the address bar at the top, paste the address (Ctrl+V) and press Enter.
2. Press Ctrl+D to bookmark it, so from now on Kelly is one click away.
3. Kelly asks how you use your radio. Pick 🎙️ Shack (you still talk on the radio's own microphone, and Kelly is your big screen).

Kelly connects to your radio by itself. A blue "Waking up the radio dog…" bar 🐕 counts for about 10 seconds. Then Kelly shows your radio's model and serial number, and the P25X gateway answers with your radio ID.

That's it, your radio's connected! ✅

1. In Kelly's menu, open Admin and find My station.
2. Callsign: type your callsign, for example VK4ABC.
3. Radio ID: put in your radio's 7-digit ID (the number the gateway answered with in step 7). Not sure? Ask me.
4. Group relay ID: leave it as 5059999. Don't change it.

Kelly saves it straight away. 👍

Your shack radio doesn't have GPS, so we give Kelly your station's position once. It then shows you on aprs.fi and the P25X network map.

1. Open the GPS page and find Fixed position · APRS.
2. Press Pick on map, zoom in to your place and click on it. 📍 (Or type your latitude and longitude, if you know them.)
3. Callsign: type your callsign with -15 on the end, for example VK4ABC-15. The "-15" just marks it as your Kelly station.
4. 🏠 Rather not show your exact house? Choose a lower precision and you'll show up as "near" your place instead.
5. Press Beacon now. 🚀
6. Tick the timer box so it repeats on its own.

Give it a minute, then look yourself up on aprs.fi (search for your callsign-15, for example VK4ABC-15). There you are! 🥳