Re: Weird GPS problems
Morning Jason, Thanks for the note. I had watched your video and that is what inspired the testing. I already had the GPS receiver in-house and was wondering whether use of a USB3 port with a USB2
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David Thompson, AG7TX
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Re: RTC
The GPIO on the Rpi4 is the same as that of the RPi3. I use the same RTC's on both boards. -- 73 de N5RKE
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G.A.(Jerry) Minor
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Re: GPS
I was in the marine electronics business at the arrival of consumer GPS. I don’t recall anything getting a fix from a cold start in a new location so fast.
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Don Melcher
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FT-891 - no RX
Jason, I was recently able to purchase three IC-718 rigs for a reasonable price. That gives me four sitting as back up. I have the cables so one can be hooked to the Build A Pi (and it works). I am
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Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ
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Build a Pi 3.0.3 Released
The stable version (3.0.3) of build a pi is out. Provided you are running 3.0.2, upgrading should be as easy as running build a pi from the main menu. This version add compatibility for more GPS units
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km4ack
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Re: Weird GPS problems
It is the USB 3 port that is giving you the issue. I discovered this during this past field day. I have tested with multiple USB 3 thumb drives/adapters and all have produced the same results. I go
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km4ack
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Re: RTC
Mike, Here's a list of accessories including the RTC that I have tested. https://app.simplenote.com/publish/4W4h4y -- 73, de KM4ACK YouTube ( https://youtube.com/km4ack ) | Tip Jar (
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km4ack
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Re: GPS
Don, That’s an interesting unit. I might have to check one of those out. David Thompson, AG7TX Jack of All Trades Master of None dbthompson@...
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David Thompson, AG7TX
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Re: GPS
FWIW, I just hooked up one of these for the first time. Amazingly fast fix. BN-80U Dual USB GPS GLONASS GNSS Receiver with USB Level 5.0V Supply Voltage 2M Length for Laptop PC Car Marine Navigation
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Don Melcher
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Re: DRA 36 Sound card
Hi Don, I just set up my home Winlink station to use UZ7HO Soundmodem with a SignaLink running Winlink Express; and also my RMS Packet Gateway with UZ7HO Soundmodem and the RMS Packet software.
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Ed - K9EW
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Re: RTC
Mike, This is unit I'm using. It plugs right in and works just fine. https://amzn.to/313TPBF Best...
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David Thompson, AG7TX
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Re: GPS
I understand Mark, My current objective is to determine whether I can operate this unit in the field with a short cable (of course). I'd prefer to mount the GPS receiver to the top of the Pi so keep
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David Thompson, AG7TX
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Re: GPS
Thanks Bryan, I'm using a short cable because I want to know if I can operate the Pi4 in the field, which will require a short cable. For home use I don't care how long the cable has to be and will
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David Thompson, AG7TX
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Re: GPS
If you are using the little dongle GPS, then an extension cable will probably help.? The GPS antenna must have a clear view of the sky to have a reasonable signal strength.? In addition, the farther
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Mark, KE6BB
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Re: Help - Hot Spot not working
Well, I’m out in the boondocks and I fired it up. Saw and connected to it. Rebooted and never saw it a again. When I return to broadband, I make a new build and install just HotSpot tools first,
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Don Melcher
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Re: Help - Hot Spot not working
More investigation... I have a Pi 4 also with BAP and when I ran Hotspot Tools on it, it showed an SSID and Password, and it works just fine. I poked around a bit, and found /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
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Bill Dornbush AA6BD
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RTC
I have a couple different styles of RTC boards but none of them have the right pin order to plug into a Pi 4. The order on the PI 4 is: 3V3? SDA? SCL? Clock 0? ?GND Does anybody make one with the
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Michael Lloyd
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Re: Help - Hot Spot not working
Yeppers !! I migrated to my "punt" for a "solution". Please see my message, in this thread, immediately proceeding yours. es vy 73 om de "baab" w9ya
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Bob Finch
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Re: Help - Hot Spot not working
I am experiencing the same problems as others have related.? I am running BAP 3.0.2 A while back, I tested this and it all worked fine so something has gone astray. I ran bash ~/pi-build/diagnostic
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Bill Dornbush AA6BD
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Re: DRA 36 Sound card
I sasw this posting in the Winlink forum: Scott Currie ------------ unread, 8:39 AM?(6 hours ago) ⺷ to?Winlink Programs Group Follow the setup guide here:
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Bill Dornbush AA6BD
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