That's the ticket, I didn't even see the CW one hidden under the big knob. I guess I'm the big knob this time! Bugger me, that did it!
Thanks so much! Now I can put this little radio on the air!
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-- J R Parrick (K0TBS)
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
That is really great news. Congratulations Gordon!
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Jon, VU2JO On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 2:16?AM Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes= [email protected]> wrote:
IT WORKS!!
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the HDMI micro cable arrived a bit early and I was able to get a bigger monitor on so I could get to the acknowledgment buttons at the bottom of dialogue boxes in gpredict
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this allowed me to set up my location and allowed me to set up the SBitx ?as some kind of a receiver or transmitter ¡ª I didn¡¯t really care what it was as long as I could see it¡¯s frequency being changed directly by gpredict via port 4523
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satellite A073 was coasting by so I jumped and tried to put in numbers as fast as I could and tell it to engage and track and bingo!! the frequencies on the 10 m Sbitx started to correct!!
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I probably don¡¯t have a lot of things ?correct but this was basically a proof that it will control sbitx freq¡ª-directly, all inside the same radio!!? Time lapse photos attached from my iPhone.
Gordon kx4z?
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
IT WORKS!!
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the HDMI micro cable arrived a bit early and I was able to get a bigger monitor on so I could get to the acknowledgment buttons at the bottom of dialogue boxes in gpredict
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this allowed me to set up my location and allowed me to set up the SBitx ?as some kind of a receiver or transmitter ¡ª I didn¡¯t really care what it was as long as I could see it¡¯s frequency being changed directly by gpredict via port 4523
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satellite A073 was coasting by so I jumped and tried to put in numbers as fast as I could and tell it to engage and track and bingo!! the frequencies on the 10 m Sbitx started to correct!!
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I probably don¡¯t have a lot of things ?correct but this was basically a proof that it will control sbitx freq¡ª-directly, all inside the same radio!! ?Time lapse photos attached from my iPhone.
Gordon kx4z?
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Board Picture with Jacks labeled:
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Evan
AC9TU
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In the above post, the photo of the uBitx V6 front panel shows three jacks. They are (from left to right): Microphone (includes transmit key), Headphones, CW Key/Morse (under tuning knob). For iambic A and B, you must use the CW Key jack.
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Re: Sleep/Power Off Display
You could also simply use the screen brightness tool I created as well. It doesn't completely disable the backlight, but will reduce power consumption and extend display life.
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM, Evan Hand wrote:
Have you tried HFSignals? They may have some leftover from the v5 builds.
I should send them a note and ask.? Thanks.
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Hi Ted,
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Have you tried HFSignals? They may have some leftover from the v5 builds. Be sure to specify a Raduino, not a Raduino_tft.
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Evan
AC9TU
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 09:26 PM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
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there are several K3NG projects on my some day list, cool stuff
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Gordon - check out satnogs too for larger DIY rotator and controller ideas ? I'm sure they are even better than last time I really looked.
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If anyone has a Raduino module (v3-v5) available, I could use one. I've a spare board but my spare rads are too stressed at this point and have gone to pasture.? It doesn't have to have a Nano - that, I have.?
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Let me know your terms, etc.? Thanks.
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Ted
K3RTA
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Re: Sleep/Power Off Display
Joshua,
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I went a step farther and set up shortcuts on the desktop, I put the vcgencmd display_power 1 shortcut in the very upper right
corner so I could turn the display back on by hitting the the corner of the screen.
I was running web remote most the time so I left the sBitx software minimized.
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Garrett N7QWT
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 06:04 PM, Joshua White wrote:
I figured it out:
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vcgencmd display_power 0
This will turn the display off and below will turn it back on
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vcgencmd display_power 1
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We plan to start shipping out the zBitx radios by the end of this month and we will share more updates once everything is set.
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You can expect to see some videos of the zBitx soon¡ªWe're working on elements of the UI and it should be ready to showcase soon. Thank you all for your continued support and patience. It really means a lot to the team!
73
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Re: Sleep/Power Off Display
Just a note, when you put the RPi into shutdown, the screen will be off and it will still draw power. Please test it and you will see what I am talking about.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Under the raspberry or stuck to speaker ?
Highly unlikely that it was shipped without the board, the board
that is stuck somewhere can cause damage so look under everything!
Raj, vu2zap
On 17/02/2025 11:07 PM, Michael Bales
via groups.io wrote:
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could possibly be, 3x now.
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
Very much appreciated.? ?A lot of reading went into figuring some of that.? ?Not something I've ever done before.? We're mostly "wire-antenna" people hereabouts.? Gordon KX4Z
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 11:04?PM Ashhar Farhan via <farhanbox= [email protected]> wrote: Gordon,
That is correct! I used the K3NG to control our monster ground station antenna array with a G5500.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 9:29 AM Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes= [email protected]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:26 PM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
Thanks, Ashhar!? ?If I understand this properly....(please correct if I'm misunderstanding)
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gpredict outputs commands via tcp/ip to rotctld, which has interfaces to allow it to control several different types of controllers, including the EasyComm and Yaesu G232 protocols.? ?rotcld can run on the sBitx Raspberry, so no additional hardware is needed.
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Then the K3NG Arduino code takes the output of rotcld? (it is configurable for a few different input protocols, including EasyComm and Yaesu G232) ?and is able to control Yaesu and several other types of rotators, either by direct relay control of motor electricity and reading of potentiometers for positioning,? or by properly providing input to rotator control boxes.
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Thus there are several different packages required? in series to accomplish the goal of making motors turn antennas to desired directions.? ? Our group has dealt with K3NG's code before (we built a dozen WINKEYER emulators using a board I drew up).? ??
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Gordon KX4Z
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
Gordon,
That is correct! I used the K3NG to control our monster ground station antenna array with a G5500.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 9:29 AM Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes= [email protected]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:26 PM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
Thanks, Ashhar!? ?If I understand this properly....(please correct if I'm misunderstanding)
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gpredict outputs commands via tcp/ip to rotctld, which has interfaces to allow it to control several different types of controllers, including the EasyComm and Yaesu G232 protocols.? ?rotcld can run on the sBitx Raspberry, so no additional hardware is needed.
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Then the K3NG Arduino code takes the output of rotcld? (it is configurable for a few different input protocols, including EasyComm and Yaesu G232) ?and is able to control Yaesu and several other types of rotators, either by direct relay control of motor electricity and reading of potentiometers for positioning,? or by properly providing input to rotator control boxes.
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Thus there are several different packages required? in series to accomplish the goal of making motors turn antennas to desired directions.? ? Our group has dealt with K3NG's code before (we built a dozen WINKEYER emulators using a board I drew up).? ??
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73
Gordon KX4Z
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:26 PM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
Thanks, Ashhar!? ?If I understand this properly....(please correct if I'm misunderstanding)
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gpredict outputs commands via tcp/ip to rotctld, which has interfaces to allow it to control several different types of controllers, including the EasyComm and Yaesu G232 protocols.? ?rotcld can run on the sBitx Raspberry, so no additional hardware is needed.
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Then the K3NG Arduino code takes the output of rotcld? (it is configurable for a few different input protocols, including EasyComm and Yaesu G232) ?and is able to control Yaesu and several other types of rotators, either by direct relay control of motor electricity and reading of potentiometers for positioning,? or by properly providing input to rotator control boxes.
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Thus there are several different packages required? in series to accomplish the goal of making motors turn antennas to desired directions.? ? Our group has dealt with K3NG's code before (we built a dozen WINKEYER emulators using a board I drew up).? ??
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73
Gordon KX4Z
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
Wow! What a well documented project!
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Thats a lot of sensors for rotating an antenna.?
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Replace the antenna mast with a trolling motor and you could use it to navigate :-)
Charles
VA3CGF
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 05:30 PM, Gordon Gibby KX4Z wrote:
I've never had towers/ beams / rotators before.? ?This is all new to me.
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My only experience is building that sarcnet project.? One of these days I want to build something more robust but the best (and possibly worst) thing about this hobby of ours is I often find something else that catches my eye that pushes me down the next rabbit hole.? W8TEE and W6DQ's Arduino Projects book has a rotator controller project too.? They do a good job of actually explaining why and how everything works whereas the sarcnet project is mostly just plugging together modules.
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Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 05:30 PM, Gordon Gibby KX4Z wrote:
I've never had towers/ beams / rotators before.? ?This is all new to me.
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My only experience is building that sarcnet project.? One of these days I want to build something more robust but the best (and possibly worst) thing about this hobby of ours is I often find something else that catches my eye that pushes me down the next rabbit hole.? W8TEE and W6DQ's Arduino Projects book has a rotator controller project too.? They do a good job of actually explaining why and how everything works whereas the sarcnet project is mostly just plugging together modules.
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J R Parrick (K?TBS)
Ted
HA3HZ
Raj vu2zap
Charles Guerin