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Re: Trouble ahead- mixed signals?


 

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Hi Vic,

The information about LinPSK is helpful for me running several Pi machines. Right up front you callout Pi-zero. Then later you mention a "little Pi". Is that the Pi-zero again? I have a little (underpowered) Pi here - not a 1 nor a B nor a +. The original Pi. I am recovering it for use with CLI programs. I also have 3 and 4 B+'s here. To me all Pis are little. So I am asking for this clarification. My model 4 seems to easily run the SDR packages I have and I have decoded some FT(x) stuff. I am guessing your post is all about the Pi-zero (I am interested in that one also). But at the moment I am running the original, the 3 and the 4.

Overclocking can apply to most any hardware including internal combustion engines <grin>. I usually don't go there. We did 'overclock' some diesel engines during emergencies at sea.

73,

Bill? KU8H

bark less - wag more
On 3/22/21 5:03 AM, Vic WA4THR via groups.io wrote:

Just a correction on the Pi-zero, Jerry. I do run PSK on a Pi-zero quite well, but not with Fldigi. I am using a program called LinPSK, written especially for Linux systems a decade or so ago, but recently (like yesterday) updated by the author. I tried Fldigi, but it is far too much for the little Pi and it would just freeze up, so that is why I searched for an alternative and found LinPSK.

I do run WSJT-X on the Pi-zero, but it is marginal as the decode time is such that the next transmission cycle has usually started before it is done. I have been whittling away at that by eliminating background programs and overclocking the Pi, and I can make contacts, but it still needs to be a bit faster to avoid the repeats that happen at least once with each QSO. The Pi-zero is not the best for ham programs, but a computer the size of a stick of gum for a portable application is attractive and, well, I already had the zero looking for an application. The whole digital interface could easily fit inside the uBitX case with this little thing.

=Vic=
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