Did you make the image on the new SD card with a program like Balena etcher? It has to be done a certain way so the sBitx will see it as the operating system.?
David
Update? on Monday:
I downloaded 64 bit Pi OS and installed it in a new Pi4.
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I made a backup image of what is on the sBitx v3.0 onto a thumb drive.
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I found all the user files and copied them onto a USB thumb drive. I did not copy the logs, fldigi, wav files. They are junk to me as I will start fresh. I finally found the user info ini and changed my information. Now when I start the app my name is displayed on the screen.
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This is where I am lost. "When you have unpacked the sb64p3.img.xz file, burn it to the new uSD card, according to the description." I have not figured that out yet but now I have a uSD? card in the Pi with the operating system. Do I pull that out and insert the sb64p3 card? I'm not really sure how this works.
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Dean
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Update? on Monday:
I downloaded 64 bit Pi OS and installed it in a new Pi4.
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I made a backup image of what is on the sBitx v3.0 onto a thumb drive.
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I found all the user files and copied them onto a USB thumb drive. I did not copy the logs, fldigi, wav files. They are junk to me as I will start fresh. I finally found the user info ini and changed my information. Now when I start the app my name is displayed on the screen.
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This is where I am lost. "When you have unpacked the sb64p3.img.xz file, burn it to the new uSD card, according to the description." I have not figured that out yet but now I have a uSD? card in the Pi with the operating system. Do I pull that out and insert the sb64p3 card? I'm not really sure how this works.
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Dean
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There's lots of variants, but here's the one I use:
P/N: BHR-10-HUA
Jeff Duce
KF7YDU
ducerf.etsy.com
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Please what's the name of the connector on the board?
Can you kindly share a link to it
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If the sbitx version doesnt show 3.05 after update, you maybe on the wrong branch. So, before you run ./update, type:
git checkout main
To switch to main branch of code, then run
./update
Post videos!
Only get 3.021 using ./update ??? Thanks for pointing to a newer version.
Tim
I got updated to 1.05 / 3.05.
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Everything I have tested look s good!
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WHAT A GREAT TRANSCEIVER!!!
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Only get 3.021 using ./update ??? Thanks for pointing to a newer version.
Tim
I got updated to 1.05 / 3.05.
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Everything I have tested look s good!
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WHAT A GREAT TRANSCEIVER!!!
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Thanks.......
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Only get 3.021 using ./update ??? Thanks for pointing to a newer version.
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On Mar 31, 2025, at 3:23?AM, Sam Hanie via groups.io <SAMHANIE@...> wrote:
I got updated to 1.05 / 3.05.
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Everything I have tested look s good!
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WHAT A GREAT TRANSCEIVER!!!
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Re: Back to basics - 20 meter SSB - all analog - all the way
That sounds a great project.? I have a 5.2 MHz SSB crystal filter lying idle that I have long thought of making into a rig.? But I already have an old analog SSB rig that I built back in the seventies. It is still going great, 9MHz IF, diode ring mixer so easily adapted for different bands. I've used it from 80 metres to 2 metres, and it is currently in use as my 4m (UK 70 MHz band) rig in regular use.
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I look forward to hearing how your analog rig goes.
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73, Tony, G4CIZ
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Ahead of Jeff:?
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Hi Jeff,
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Please what's the name of the connector on the board?
Can you kindly share a link to it
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Thanks
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Why only 18? Current sbitx goes much faster! That seems like a serious limitation……
73 Gordon KX4Z?
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On Mar 30, 2025, at 22:52, Ashhar Farhan via groups.io <farhanbox@...> wrote:
? The morse keying is now in a separate thread with critical priority. Pse read modem_cw.c . I can manage upto 18 wpm on the iambic key now
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 7:25 AM Mike Johnshoy via <mike.johnshoy= [email protected]> wrote: Gordon and everyone? -
You might be right.? I don't have a zbitx, but looking in the zbitx repository, sbitx_gtk.c has code around line #4301 that looks like where the change worked on the sbitx.? Looks like there have been some changes to ui_tick() and I can't say if this will be effective - but I would try it!
Good luck.
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Mike KB2ML
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ps.: Sorry, but I remember useful information later. When you have successfully set up the Image, and you have completed your personal data and application settings, it is advisable to make a Backup (possibly more), because in case of any damage you can easily restore the system. You can do this operation from the currently running OS in the Menu with Accessories, then SD Card Copier.
Pay attention to which is the source and which is the target media. I copy to USB sticks purchased from different manufacturers, so I can easily identify them by name. The internal uSD is shown as mmc.
Always have a copy of the Image and you can copy (restore) the daily variables to a USB stick with the Toolbox / EZ Data application.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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I got updated to 1.05 / 3.05.
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Everything I have tested look s good!
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WHAT A GREAT TRANSCEIVER!!!
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Thanks.......
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Dean,
since you are very new to the rig, it is worth doing it as you described. What Wojtek writes requires more knowledge about what and why you are doing.
But don't worry, because in a few days or weeks you will learn this knowledge from the wiki and the next step will be easy.
When you have unpacked the sb64p3.img.xz file, burn it to the new uSD card, according to the description.
After you have inserted the card containing the sb64p3 Image and started it, it is worth updating the sBITX-Toolbox (2.7 to 3.01)
The ELF image has a Hotfix, do this as well.
The sBITX-Toolbox is a package containing auxiliary applications that makes it easier to use sbitx. Open the Toolbox and start the update sBitx app in the Update Manager.
This will update the application from v4.2 to v4.4 and it is the latest. Use this later when an update is released. (Do not use System upgrade for now!)
I did not update with this because I often go ahead with testing and the last time I updated was by cloning.
If you've made it this far, all you have to do is familiarize yourself with Image's knowledge and the possibilities. So put it to use.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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The morse keying is now in a separate thread with critical priority. Pse read modem_cw.c . I can manage upto 18 wpm on the iambic key now
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 7:25 AM Mike Johnshoy via <mike.johnshoy= [email protected]> wrote: Gordon and everyone? -
You might be right.? I don't have a zbitx, but looking in the zbitx repository, sbitx_gtk.c has code around line #4301 that looks like where the change worked on the sbitx.? Looks like there have been some changes to ui_tick() and I can't say if this will be effective - but I would try it!
Good luck.
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Mike KB2ML
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Gordon and everyone -
You might be right. I don't have a zbitx, but looking in the zbitx repository, sbitx_gtk.c has code around line #4301 that looks like where the change worked on the sbitx. Looks like there have been some changes to ui_tick() and I can't say if this will be effective - but I would try it!
Good luck.
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Mike KB2ML
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Ron it looks like ui_tick does not have the improvements that we have mostly added to everybody’s code to make CW work that were proposed by Johnshoy
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if my understanding is correct, that oversight should be corrected.
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Gordon kx4z?
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You might want to look at the Winkeyer by Hamcrafters.? This can
take a string of characters from a host system, read them into an
internal buffer, and handle correct output timing.
Gerry Sherman
On 2025-03-31 01:11, Ron, N6YWU via
groups.io wrote:
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If the current source code posted is up-to-date, I don't
think an external keyer will help. ?
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The pin connected to the key input is being polled within a
GUI process by code in sbitx_gtk.c .
?Normal processes running on a loaded non-real-time Linux
kernel on a single-core Raspberry Pi can have maybe up to 20
milliseconds or more latency when polled without interrupt
handlers or kernel mods. ?This is a bit too long for decent CW
keying at common WPM speeds. ?The key input handling could
perhaps better be done in an interrupt routine, or using
pigpio time-stamps to de-jitter the timing. ?Or possibly with
some real-time kernel modifications to the standard Raspberry
Pi Linux distribution.
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73, Ron,
N6YWU
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If the current source code posted is up-to-date, I don't think an external keyer will help. ?
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The pin connected to the key input is being polled within a GUI process by code in sbitx_gtk.c . ?Normal processes running on a loaded non-real-time Linux kernel on a single-core Raspberry Pi can have maybe up to 20 milliseconds or more latency when polled without interrupt handlers or kernel mods. ?This is a bit too long for decent CW keying at common WPM speeds. ?The key input handling could perhaps better be done in an interrupt routine, or using pigpio time-stamps to de-jitter the timing. ?Or possibly with some real-time kernel modifications to the standard Raspberry Pi Linux distribution.
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73, Ron, N6YWU
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Purchasing has been paused while they catch-up from the flood of orders they had in the initial release?
Hi friends,
?I’m new to these forums and I’m having problems navigating this app; I really don’t know where things are. Please, if anybody could point me in the right direction on how to purchase the Zbitx? A link would be helpful.?
thank you so much,
asis?
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Hi friends,
?I’m new to these forums and I’m having problems navigating this app; I really don’t know where things are. Please, if anybody could point me in the right direction on how to purchase the Zbitx? A link would be helpful.?
thank you so much,
asis?
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WK4DS
HA3HZ
Sam Hanie