I ran an update after my last post.? But I haven't made any contacts since as conditions seem to have dropped off.? If anyone is on 20, watch for me! :-) - KF7YDU.? I'm using a Mean-well 150W power supply (seems as quite as using my battery) set to 13.2v, ().?
I'll have to check to see what the power draw is when I get home from work.? I'm hoping it was just something that needed to be updated.
For the most part I use the built-in FT8 and logging.? Sometimes I'll run JTDX and Gridtracker and use thier loggers.? But since I get less power out when using JTDX, I tend to stick with the built-in setup.
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Have you performed an update?
In terminal..
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
then reboot.
There may be an issue with Chrome and the app needs to be updated..
Also check for cooling issues. What is the CPU temp rising to? Maybe the finals are getting weak and drawing more power? Hos is your power supply - is it between 13-14 volts? What is the current draw on the power supply during transmit?
FWIW - I am still running a 2GB Pi on my sBitx 64bit and it works fine - no crashes at all. It will get sluggish over time especially using VNC and a bunch of apps. The trick I use is to close the sBitx app, then restart the VNC connection to speed it up when
things get slow..
What logging app are you using?
-JJ
