On Oct 12, 2024, at 11:03?PM, w8gu via groups.io <w8gu@...> wrote:

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Hi.? I am new to the group.

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I am interested in putting WSJT-X on an RaspberryPi4 that I have sitting around.? I would like to use it for portable operation with a QRPLabs QMX+.? (Lovely little rig, btw).

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Rig has internal sound card and works great with my old Win10 PC, but this thing is really built for portable operations, so I want to have something light.

I expect to have a small display, just big enough to run WSJT-X, and a miniature keyboard and mouse.

My current focus is on keeping the power usage down, but having enough horsepower to run the decoding process promptly.? RPi4 seems to fit the bill.

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If there is a distro that is minimalistic, that would probably be best.? I expect that different distros will have bloatware that is not needed.? I would like easy control of what gets run.? I would also like to be able to add some sort of logger that I could backup ADI files to a USB drive when I am done with a session for safe keeping.? I can pick up the wsjt-x log for FT8 contacts, but this rig also does CW and in the near future SSB, so if there is a simple linux based logger, that would a nice feature.? I would expect to underclock the pi if I use it for logging without wsjt-x running.

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Suggestions?

Mark

W8GU