On 25/02/2016 08:47, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
For those that are already the au fait cognoscenti, which
is a good starter kit to go with for amateur radio dabbling?

I'd be especially interested in lots of digital and analogue I/O

My background is that I've always been happiest with naked machines
so have not investigated the world of built-in OS and language before.

I prefer the raspberry pi to arduino as it has IMO a lot more ready made
projects.
Arduino is good if you are happy with C and C++, the Pi gives you Java,
python... in fact just about any language you can name.
Arduino wins out on peripherals, the 'shields' provide a lot in
connectivity with the real world.

If you buy a pi then within a few minutes of taking it out of the box
you can have a wspr beacon up and running (a bit longer if you want a
nice clean sinusoidal signal). Great for testing your antenna and the
propagation.


Andy