# Pirate Radio - pHAT BEAT \[Discontinued\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 28, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515 "2021-12-28T18:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pHATBEAT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pHATBEAT](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pHATBEAT)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/1 "2021-12-28T18:59:37Z")
Hi, My rusty old Pirate Radio was working until my SD card got corrupt few days ago. So looking around it looks that the Pirate Radio is not on offer anymore so is the pHAT BEAT :( now replaced by Pirate Audio range. Shame. So I have 2day tried to re-install. I have used the latest image: Raspberry Pi OS Lite Release date: October 30th 2021 Kernel version: 5.10 Enabled SSH, and Wi-Fi done update/upgrade and run the script: `curl https://get.pimoroni.com/vlcradio | bash` But I got several errors and the Radio is not working anymore :( 1] First was about missing wiringpi ```auto wiringpi is required Installing wiringpi... E: Unable to locate package wiringpi Apt failed to install wiringpi! Falling back on pypi... ``` So I fix that with: cd /tmp wget [https://project-downloads.drogon.net/wiringpi-latest.deb](https://project-downloads.drogon.net/wiringpi-latest.deb) sudo dpkg -i wiringpi-latest.deb 2] Second was I think bit more complex and I have tried few things (install pHAT BEAT on its own and then vlcradio) but none of them works and my Pirate Radio is now not working :( ```auto checking for wiringPiSetup in -lwiringPi... no configure: error: You need libwiringPi installed Installing Pi VU Meter... make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop. All done! Press Enter to continue... --- Warning --- The VLC Radio installer does not work on this version of Raspbian. Check https://github.com// for additional information and support Some changes made to your system require your computer to reboot to take effect. Would you like to reboot now? [y/N] y ``` So at the end it says “The VLC Radio installer does not work on this version of Raspbian.” so is that the end of the Pirate Radio? Or does/will it work only on Buster (OLDSTABLE/Legacy) image? ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/2 "2021-12-28T19:43:54Z")
I’d say for now, its use Buster not Bullseye. I really hope my pHat Beat doesn’t break as It’s basically the center piece to my custom Pirate Radio build. ---
**Author:** ![pHATBEAT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pHATBEAT](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pHATBEAT)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/3 "2021-12-29T10:41:33Z")
Last night I have tried the OLDSTABLE Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy) Release date: December 2nd 2021 Kernel version: 5.10 And it still works :) But the question is will it work on the latest (STABLE) image in the future? Why is the pHAT BEAT missing from the website? [https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/phat-beat](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/phat-beat) is giving 404 ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/4 "2021-12-29T12:21:55Z")
You can get older images / releases of Pi OS here. [Index of /raspbian/images (raspberrypi.org)](http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/images/) The pre legacy version of Buster is there. I would say the pHat Beat is now discontinued. And only available with the Pirate Radio kit, as long as supplies last. Once those kits are gone that’s likely it for the pHat Beat. That’s how it looks to me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![pHATBEAT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pHATBEAT](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pHATBEAT)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/5 "2021-12-29T16:31:19Z")
Let’s see how the guys from [pimoroni.com](http://pimoroni.com) will see it, will they still support the product after the sell by date … ---
**Author:** ![Caperjack1953](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/caperjack1953/32/7923_2.png) [@Caperjack1953](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Caperjack1953)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/6 "2021-12-29T16:32:03Z")
have you check pimoroni’s gitHub page [GitHub - pimoroni/phat-beat: Python library for PHAT BEAT - A stereo DAC, AMP and VU for the Raspberry Pi](https://github.com/pimoroni/phat-beat) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/7 "2021-12-29T19:01:00Z")
I have a VEML6075 UVA and UVB Sensor breakout, the product page is gone but the Pimoroni github repository is still there. I have downloaded it to my PC just in case. Same thing for the pHat Beat. On my Windows PC I just click the green code button and download zip file. ---
**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pirate-radio-phat-beat-discontinued/18515/8 "2022-01-10T15:02:09Z")
I don’t think we’ve any plans to discontinue Pirate Radio, but we are having difficulty making up more kits at the moment because of Pi Zero WH supply problems. I replied to your other thread but posting here as well in case it’s useful to others - I believe there have been changes to wiringpi in Bullseye which is probably what’s causing problems with the installer. There’s a related Github issue to track here: [wiringpi not available on bullseye · Issue #38 · pimoroni/phat-beat · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/phat-beat/issues/38)