We've tried some of the 3rd party Linux implementations.? ?Inevitably they don't offer all the features of the real McCoy.? ?Things like "radio-only" for example.? And of course, NO ONE ever codes TRIMODE or RMS_RELAY except John G8BPQ who?has a version that does much of that except for "radio-only" (I use his code extensively on raspberries which are deployed over Alachua County and have been in service for YEARS)? ? ?The winlink team is TRYING to expand, but that is tough when you have 23 years of some advanceform?of windows BASIC code.......
Thanks for the effort, EVan!
I read the WINLINK daily blog and it is filled with people crying about having trouble getting WINE to work so I never tried that.? ? ?No one that I know of has?
done anything with ION2G.? ?The list just goes on and on and on.? ? ?The installed base of PC's is just so incredibly huge......
But who knows, if I have an inspiration or two I might? have a simple effort reading a serial port sometime next week.? ?The talk to TECHCON isn't for about 3 weeks I think so I still have some time.? ?I can finally tell them that I have units that have met FCC requirements, and also have relay output controls and are even in use in high school math experimentatin!? ?It is a much, much better story than where I was last year....
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 2:21?PM Evan Hand <elhandjr@...> wrote:
Gordon,
I'm not trying to throw more fuel on the fire, but have you looked at PAT or WL2K-GO as Winlink implementations that run natively on Linux and Mac OS?? Here are the GitHub links:
? The above could remove the need for a PC other than the Raspberry Pi in the sBitx for a remote activation.? It does not solve the logging and control functions you bring up.
I was disappointed when the V3 was reduced to 25 watts from 40.? When you have compromised antennas that HOA restrictions impose, the extra power does help.? Still, 25 is better than the 10 watts of a 705.
I have no skin in this game, so use the above as you see fit.
I dream of making the sBitx a good first rig for the newly minted general.? The fact that it is open source makes it ideal to get new Hams interested in the hobby's hardware and software aspects.? Expanding technical capability across the nation is one of the reasons we still have access to spectrum resources, at least in the USA.? Emergency response is the most important reason.
