Aaron - since you have the old laptop display and you say the
original Pi display is small, I would go with that route unless
somebody has a better reason not to.? Mine is a V2 in its original
enclosure, but I will be running V3.01 software to start.? Another
ham had to give up the hobby for medical reasons and sold off
about $1375.00 worth of equipment.? I took almost half of it (sBIT
and accessories, and a dual trace 150 Mhz. o'scope/signal
generator).? He had an 8Gb. Pi installed.? WK4DS had some
ready-to-go uSD versions for sale & I took a set.? All of my
operating will be done portable as I can't get an antenna up at my
apartment.? I'm waiting for some better weather to take my medical
scooter out.? I had to hang the car keys up over 4 years ago -
lost my license over age-related medical issues.? Since you say
you are using the toolkit, does it just install like a normal
program, or do you have to compile from source code?
Incidentally, "Winterpeg"isn't living up to its name.? There was
a joke making the rounds recently that someone was going to file a
missing season report with the police.? There has been no skating
on the rivers this winter - ice is too thin.? The snowmobilers and
skiers and the businesses that serve them are crying in their
beer.
Gerry Sherman
Sent by the Windows 11 Thunderbird
On 2024-02-15 09:27, Aaron K5ATG wrote:
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Hey everyone,
A couple of weeks ago I had a surgery on my back and it is taking
a lot longer to recover from than expected. I needed two surgeries
on my back, one on each side. The one on the right side i was up
and walking around the next day. The one on my left side was two
weeks ago and I am still recovering from it. So for now I'm STILL
stuck in bed. I do know that this year I will be in better shape
than what i have been in for the past decade. I'm here in bed
looking out of my window and it is starting to look like Spring is
arriving early. About half of my bonsai trees are starting to
really bud out. My friends are starting to ride out to the local
parks and do something of a city park version of POTA. I can't
wait to join them.?
I am lucky enough to have a sBITX v3. The more I use this radio
the more I love it. With the toolbox and other stuff people have
been sharing, it is now a better radio than it was when I got it.
However it is still without an enclosure. I am so paranoid about
it that I have it hanging on my wall so that nothing can
accidentally be put on it and short it out. While I'm recovering
from surgery I'm ordering components and hardware for me to build
an enclosure for it.? Since I have a lot of experience with?
woodworking and using a scroll saw, I have decided that it will be
a wooden enclosure. Perhaps when I ever get a 3D printer or
someone comes out with an aftermarket enclosure like has been done
with the uBITX then I can look into other options. For now I need
some help in deciding what I want the enclosure to be. I'm not an
electronics wizard so I am hoping that you guys will see a problem
that I am blind to. I have three different versions of enclosures
and I would like to decide which one to use. I use the radio
mostly at home. Once my physical condition gets better in a few
months I want to be able to load it up on my recumbent trike and
take it to the park. Here at the house I use a 15" display that is
out of an old laptop. The display is just screwed to a board so I
need to figure out an enclosure for it also. Below I will do my
best in describing the different options for an enclosure that I
am looking at. So if you guys see something completely boneheaded
and will not work, let me know. Its why I'm posting to you guys.?
Version 1`:
This will use the 7" RPI display so it will be basically
a full kit version of the V3 but with a homemade enclosure instead
of the nice one from HF Signals. I really like this option because
it is fairly small, it can fit on my trike and pretty clean. My
problem is I have a little trouble seeing everything on the small
display. Having this version and being able to hook up a larger
display would be a big plus. Since I have an extra 7" display, I
have even considered making a dual display version.?
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Version 2:
Same as version 1 but build it with my 15 inch laptop
display instead of the RPI display. I will lose the touch screen
option but I don't ever use that anyway. It will not be as
efficient or portable but it will still fit on my trike and I can
see the display easier. I have thought of making a screen
protector that will protect the display while in transport and it
can be used as a sun screen while operating outside.?
Version 3:
This is the simplest design. Make it with no onboard
display at all and just connect what ever external display that I
have given the situation.?
Personally I like version 1 and being able to use a external
display would be great.?
Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas of your own.
If you could please post pics of what you are using for a
enclosure.?
--
'72
Aaron?
