Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
LMAO?
Well put Glenn. N1MM tracks contest for me and ACL is by far my favorite general logger. Windows did an update and now once again ACL won't read the VFO on my IC 7610. I have been lazy and haven't reinstalled drivers to see if that would?work. This is one reason I went to Linux.?
Right now I run CQRLOG on Fedora but haven't gotten it to work with Mint. I run the latest release of both.
73
Bog
On Mon, Nov 4, 2024, 10:28 Glenn Jensen, WA6BJQ via <WA6BJQ= [email protected]> wrote:
Bog,
I understand.? On Linux, I have found combining , ,
and ... I can
automate my logging processes with LOTW, eQSL, and QRZ (obviating
the need for anything Windows-base).? We all have our favorites.?
You actually don't need to use all these tools, but I am a bit of
a nerd.
73,
Glenn
WA6BJQ
On 11/3/24 09:14, Bogmonte, W7ZDX via
wrote:
Hey Glenn?
I agree. I have ran many distros of Linux in the
past. I only keep Windows for logging.?
Bog
W7ZDX?
On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, 08:50
Glenn Jensen, WA6BJQ via <WA6BJQ= [email protected]>
wrote:
Hey
Rick,
Frankly¡ any Linux distribution will work just fine.?
I happen to use Ubuntu 24.04 and Mint 22 ¨C everything
is scripted, I use udev rules for setting up the ports
/ audio (sadly, macOS does not support udev / locking
down USB ports (I also use macOS)).
Fellow Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it
¨C take the plunge, you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
73,
?
?
Glenn
WA6BJQ
?
?
?
I have used SuSE Linux since
about 2001 or so when I switched from Redhad 9.0
(the last one before Fedora I think)? to SuSE
Linux 9.0 and then continued to this day
switching to OpenSuSE when they switched.
I had FLDIGI,? WSJT-X and?
JS8Call running fine on my OpenSuSE (Leap 15.5)
desktop running an older AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Processor on an Asrock board + Nvidia card
?
Also used the above with a
Mid 2012 Core i7 Macbook Pro also running
OpenSuSE Leap 15.5 and am currently running
(Ubuntu-based) KDE NEON? on the 2012 Macbook Pro
?
?
I also was running Tumblweed
on the MAC but in order to download and run the
Proton Mail Bridge for Linux, I switched to an
Ubuntu based Linux because Proton Mail Bridge
will not run on any SuSE linux because a missing
dependency. Evidently there's not enough
interest for Proton to provide a SuSE RPM for
it. (there is a REDHAT RPM but the dependency
problems persist with SuSE)
?
?
KDE NEON runs well and all
the .deb's out there can be installed with no
problems.
?
?
Now considering other ham
radio digital programs, has anyone used the
Opensuse Build Service to "build" an RPM for
FreeDV? (other than the guy that did it for
FreeDV 1.8.9)
?
There's been many changes
since the above version and now the 2.0 Beta is
also out.
?
Have a look! ?
?
The newest mode "RADAE" is
really going to give analog SSB a run for it's
money!
?
-----------------------------------
--
Bog W7ZDX
--
Bog W7ZDX
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CTY-3437 Country Files - 05 November 2024
The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 05 November 2024:
For installation instructions, start at:
Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the
software you are using.
To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.
If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get
it here:
Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are
different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them.
As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements:
Here are the release notes:
5 November 2024 (CTY-3437)
VER20241105, Version entity is Mariana Islands, KH0
Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* BA4DL/0 is China, BY in CQ zone 23
* FT4YM/P is Antarctica, CE9 in CQ zone 29, ITU zone 70
* TO4A is Martinique, FM
* TO0J is French Guiana, FY
* GB2BOA is Northern Ireland, GI
* GB3RMK/B is Scotland, GM
* IQ0PM is Sardinia, IS
* N6AQ is in CQ zone 4, not CQ zone 5
* K3NQ, K3WYC, K8BVY, K9RG, W9MPX and WN4AAA are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6
* N5ESW is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 6
* AA7TJ, AG7O, K4SX, K6AFW, K6BWC, K9JHQ, K9TWW, KB9DFE, KG4VLW, KL4QZ,
KN4SLP, KP4EOP, KT3R, KT3X, N6QLS, N8LA, N9CI, W2KGO, W4LB, W7APZ, W7VHW
and WB9EWM are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
* AI5FK, K3ARC, K4BP, K4CVD, K4TTU, KA0WAS, KC0VKN, KC4ZMZ, KF4LXS,
KM5WX, KQ4GAH, KW4OV, KZ4A, KZ4BE, N0WOP, N3AWS, N4DEX, N4DTF, N4IAM, N4RHM,
N4UN, NG2S, NR7K, W4FCL, W4PW, WA4CAX, WA4CB, WA4USA and WB4KUU are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
* AD6V, AJ6TE, K5JSL, K9KA, K9VB, KD0WLB, KE8TEH, KO7G, N0JAM, N5JEY,
N8KDX, N8XHF, W0GZR, W6HDG, W8JMV, W8ZM and WO0M are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8
* KG7LCR and WB4BBO are both Alaska, KL
* LU2ELB/E and LU4DQ/D are both Argentina, LU
* LW6EEU/V is Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16
* OZ5LKO/JOTA is Denmark, OZ
* R225P, R9OM/6 and RX9SN/6 are all European Russia, UA
* UA1A is European Russia, UA in ITU zone 19
* R0CM/4 is European Russia, UA in ITU zone 30
* RL1I/P is European Russia, UA in CQ zone 17, ITU zone 20
Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:
* 9M1Z in East Malaysia, 9M6
* BG2LTC/0 in China, BY
* XQ6CFX in Chile, CE
* EA9PD in Spain, EA
* GB2DCI in Northern Ireland, GI
* GB0NMB, GB4IMF and GB9HRC in Scotland, GM
* GB0CTK, GB0STJ, GB1CCC, GB1HTC and GB2SCC in Wales, GW
* IK7YTQ/LNX in Italy, I
* K2LAT, K4QZB, K5ZQ, KD4ZSX, N0KRE, N5INV, N7BBQ, N9EE, NL7QC, W3HDH,
W4DTA, W6HGF, W7JKC, W8WEJ, W9DX, W9MGB, WA0WHT, WA4HR, WA7DIA, WB2UBW
and WW4N in United States, K
* WA0CMY, WK1K and WW7CC in Hawaii, KH6
* KI7SUU in Alaska, KL
* K5DTC and KD7LEI in Puerto Rico, KP4
* SX5FOC in Greece, SV
* R230SSO, R4WAN/P, R785VA, R81BRO, R8LCX/3 and R9FCS/4 in European Russia, UA
* R2CC/0, RX3AMI/0 and RX9WT/P in Asiatic Russia, UA9
Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these
announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have
any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me
directly.
73 - Jim AD1C
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>,
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Re: FreeDV (was Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio)
Hi.
Well,? I'm doing this on the "standby" laptop, as the main shack PC, that was running LMDE6 rather well, has objected to something, and committed suicide!
Looks like I'll be flattening the thing (after some live CD driven backups) and starting fresh.? Perhaps with a different flavor of Linux even!? (It boots to a login prompt, but after that, it just sits there.? No option in the grub menu for any command line session either!)
Rudimentary checks don't indicate any hardware failure, but I think I'll run memtest86 and spinrite6.1 too from bootable media, "just in case", before I do that, but for now, the standby lappy (also running LMDE6) will have to handle the day-to-day stuff.
Anyway, any experiments with FreeDV, and the work on Flrig I was doing with the IC-R9000 will have to wait as a result.
"I'll be back", but not sure yet when, as there is lots of other non-Ham stuff going on here at present too.
73.
??? Dave G0WBX.
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
In response to the question about UDEV, I am using the UDEV rules to keep my USB devices on pseudo static USB ports.? The problem I had was every time I booted, the radio would be on a different usb.? For example /dev/ttyUSB0 today and tomorrow /dev/ttyUSB1.? It became very frustrating very fast.? Enter UDEV rules.? When you look at the properties of the plugged in USB devices they have attributes that, most of the time, distinguish one from another.? Attributes like manufacturer, model, and serial number in many cases.? So, you write rules in a udev rules file that essentially maps these devices to a symlink with a friendly name.? So, in CQRLOG for example, instead of specifying /dev/ttyUSB0 as your CAT serial port, you would use something like /dev/ttyUSB7300 for your IC-7300.
?
73
?
Tim
KK9T?
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
I will look at VB.? I have
seen people demo using it as a clean OS.?? Thanks Mike for the
thought.? steve
On 11/4/24 4:43 PM, Michael Ernst, AE8U
wrote:
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
I was able to get n1mm to run under wine but there seemed to be some compatibility issues so I backed off of that venture.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2024, 4:43 PM Michael Ernst, AE8U via <mernst= [email protected]> wrote: Steve,
I am not running N1MM, but I am running a Windows only program written by W1TR? which controls my Palstar HF Auto tuner. The way I am doing it is that I run Linux Mint on a desktop, previously on a Laptop (I moved to the desktop for more RAM and a bigger CPU).
I run Oracle Virtual Box to run the Windows program. I tried Wine and could not make it work.?
Thanks? Mike, AE8U?
Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
-------- Original message -------- Date: 11/4/24 16:15 (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [linuxham] Best Linux for Ham Radio
Yes, I am using Mint 22 and
RPi linux (for 4 & 5).?? I Would like to see N1MM+ on
Linux...? Maybe when W11 does more (stupid) updates/improvements
??? Anyone running N1mm on Wine/Bottles ?
73, steve WB3LGC
On 11/3/24 11:50 AM, Glenn Jensen,
WA6BJQ wrote:
Fellow
Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it ¨C take the plunge,
you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
--
-- Dave,?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Technical Specialist,??--
--?? Lifetime Member:?////?--
--??--
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
Steve,
I am not running N1MM, but I am running a Windows only program written by W1TR? which controls my Palstar HF Auto tuner. The way I am doing it is that I run Linux Mint on a desktop, previously on a Laptop (I moved to the desktop for more RAM and a bigger CPU).
I run Oracle Virtual Box to run the Windows program. I tried Wine and could not make it work.?
Thanks? Mike, AE8U?
Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
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-------- Original message -------- From: Steve WB3LGC <email@...> Date: 11/4/24 16:15 (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [linuxham] Best Linux for Ham Radio
Yes, I am using Mint 22 and
RPi linux (for 4 & 5).?? I Would like to see N1MM+ on
Linux...? Maybe when W11 does more (stupid) updates/improvements
??? Anyone running N1mm on Wine/Bottles ?
73, steve WB3LGC
On 11/3/24 11:50 AM, Glenn Jensen,
WA6BJQ wrote:
Fellow
Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it ¨C take the plunge,
you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
OK, tell me more about udev
rules.?? Someone else mentioned them relative to USB
devices....? I get USB devices to pop up with a nice long name
that is perfect for finding the device.? Is that it???
I have been using Mint as my
main computer OS for a number of years.? Very happy with "old"
laptop.? My son advised Mint.? My home "office" computer is W10
for tax software...?
73, steve WB3LGC
On 11/4/24 2:14 PM, Tim Rife, KK9T via
groups.io wrote:
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I am quite happy
with Mint 22, also using udev rules
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
Yes, I am using Mint 22 and
RPi linux (for 4 & 5).?? I Would like to see N1MM+ on
Linux...? Maybe when W11 does more (stupid) updates/improvements
??? Anyone running N1mm on Wine/Bottles ?
73, steve WB3LGC
On 11/3/24 11:50 AM, Glenn Jensen,
WA6BJQ wrote:
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Fellow
Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it ¨C take the plunge,
you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
I will also pile on and say I am quite happy with Mint 22, also using udev rules and CQRLOG, WSJTX, JS8Call and probably Gridtracker at some point.? My last concerns staying with Windows was the automated antenna switching I have done with microham products for years.? But, I find that with a little Node Red and some rigctl.d querying, my DIY automated switching is coming along.? Not there yet, but, getting closer.
?
Question to Glenn WA6BJQ, how are you using CQRLOG and Cloudlog together?? Are you logging via one and importing ADIF into the other?? Curious as you mentioned automating your online log uploads and I would love to do that.
?
Thanks,
?
Tim
KK9T
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
Michael,
?
Was looking for a way to reply directly to you only but that doesn't seem to be possible.
?
I don't have a way to filter to just ham radio related packages but here's a link with all the packages that I help maintain:
?
Thanks,
Richard
KF5OIM
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Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio
Bog,
I understand.? On Linux, I have found combining , ,
and ... I can
automate my logging processes with LOTW, eQSL, and QRZ (obviating
the need for anything Windows-base).? We all have our favorites.?
You actually don't need to use all these tools, but I am a bit of
a nerd.
73,
Glenn
WA6BJQ
On 11/3/24 09:14, Bogmonte, W7ZDX via
groups.io wrote:
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Hey Glenn?
I agree. I have ran many distros of Linux in the
past. I only keep Windows for logging.?
Bog
W7ZDX?
On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, 08:50
Glenn Jensen, WA6BJQ via <WA6BJQ= [email protected]>
wrote:
Hey
Rick,
Frankly¡ any Linux distribution will work just fine.?
I happen to use Ubuntu 24.04 and Mint 22 ¨C everything
is scripted, I use udev rules for setting up the ports
/ audio (sadly, macOS does not support udev / locking
down USB ports (I also use macOS)).
Fellow Hams¡ Linux works great ¨C Rick and I confirm it
¨C take the plunge, you won¡¯t regret leaving Windows.
73,
?
?
Glenn
WA6BJQ
?
?
?
I have used SuSE Linux since
about 2001 or so when I switched from Redhad 9.0
(the last one before Fedora I think)? to SuSE
Linux 9.0 and then continued to this day
switching to OpenSuSE when they switched.
I had FLDIGI,? WSJT-X and?
JS8Call running fine on my OpenSuSE (Leap 15.5)
desktop running an older AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Processor on an Asrock board + Nvidia card
?
Also used the above with a
Mid 2012 Core i7 Macbook Pro also running
OpenSuSE Leap 15.5 and am currently running
(Ubuntu-based) KDE NEON? on the 2012 Macbook Pro
?
?
I also was running Tumblweed
on the MAC but in order to download and run the
Proton Mail Bridge for Linux, I switched to an
Ubuntu based Linux because Proton Mail Bridge
will not run on any SuSE linux because a missing
dependency. Evidently there's not enough
interest for Proton to provide a SuSE RPM for
it. (there is a REDHAT RPM but the dependency
problems persist with SuSE)
?
?
KDE NEON runs well and all
the .deb's out there can be installed with no
problems.
?
?
Now considering other ham
radio digital programs, has anyone used the
Opensuse Build Service to "build" an RPM for
FreeDV? (other than the guy that did it for
FreeDV 1.8.9)
?
There's been many changes
since the above version and now the 2.0 Beta is
also out.
?
Have a look! ?
?
The newest mode "RADAE" is
really going to give analog SSB a run for it's
money!
?
-----------------------------------
--
Bog W7ZDX
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Re: FreeDV (was Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio)
Hi Dave,
The bleeding edge is in the v2.0-dev branch, or you can check out?. The build instructions at? may be helpful as well.
Thanks,
-Mooneer K6AQ
Hi again.
Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.
I'll see about attempting a build (on LMDE 6) sometime, but I don't see
a release after 1.9.9.2 as sources, so guess the RADAE mode might not be
included in that version?
73.
Dave G0WBX.
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Re: #flrig Lack of power meter display for IC-705.
#flrig
? Looks good, thanks.
Phil.
On 04/11/2024 00:19, Dave, W1HKJ wrote:
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81 at
should fix that problem.
David
On 11/3/24 16:29, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA
via groups.io wrote:
I see that now.
Unfortunately the IDD value in the meters window does not
appear until I've cycled the display in the main window
through SWR/ALC/IDD.
This is the sequence I go through.
First screen with TX 50% carrier
Then click to ALC
And then to IDD.
It seems the only time I get IDD value displayed in the
meters window is when I select IDD in the main window. If I
now select SWR in the main window the IDD value in the meters
window disappears.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 21:00, Dave, W1HKJ
wrote:
The Swr/ALC/Idd is a
left clickable widget.? Left click on it to rotate between
readings.
Dave
On 11/3/24 13:50, Philip Rose,
GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
Sorry Dave,
I didn't see your post until late afternoon when I was
just about to prepare the evening meal. I've now got
around to testing this and it's not the best news. IDD is
not showing for either the IC-705 or the IC-7300. Here is
the screen shot for IC-7300.
Although there's power out I am not seeing IDD and I left
it several seconds for the polling to take effect.
This happened as well with IC-705.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 13:56, Dave,
W1HKJ wrote:
Phil,
Please test 80 posted at
73, David, W1HKJ
On 11/2/24 17:51, Philip
Rose, GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
Hi Dave,
I just started to use my other rig (IC-7300) to
operate FT8 on 40m and I noticed that the IDD scale
had replaced the SWR scale on the main flrig window.
(I changed the background colour to distinguish my two
radios.)
|
Re: FreeDV (was Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio)
Hi again.
Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.
I'll see about attempting a build (on LMDE 6) sometime, but I don't see a release after 1.9.9.2 as sources, so guess the RADAE mode might not be included in that version?
73.
Dave G0WBX.
--
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Re: #flrig Lack of power meter display for IC-705.
#flrig
81 at
should fix that problem.
David
On 11/3/24 16:29, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA
via groups.io wrote:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
I see that now.
Unfortunately the IDD value in the meters window does not
appear until I've cycled the display in the main window through
SWR/ALC/IDD.
This is the sequence I go through.
First screen with TX 50% carrier
Then click to ALC
And then to IDD.
It seems the only time I get IDD value displayed in the meters
window is when I select IDD in the main window. If I now select
SWR in the main window the IDD value in the meters window
disappears.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 21:00, Dave, W1HKJ
wrote:
The Swr/ALC/Idd is a left
clickable widget.? Left click on it to rotate between
readings.
Dave
On 11/3/24 13:50, Philip Rose,
GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
Sorry Dave,
I didn't see your post until late afternoon when I was just
about to prepare the evening meal. I've now got around to
testing this and it's not the best news. IDD is not showing
for either the IC-705 or the IC-7300. Here is the screen
shot for IC-7300.
Although there's power out I am not seeing IDD and I left
it several seconds for the polling to take effect.
This happened as well with IC-705.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 13:56, Dave, W1HKJ
wrote:
Phil,
Please test 80 posted at
73, David, W1HKJ
On 11/2/24 17:51, Philip Rose,
GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
Hi Dave,
I just started to use my other rig (IC-7300) to operate
FT8 on 40m and I noticed that the IDD scale had replaced
the SWR scale on the main flrig window. (I changed the
background colour to distinguish my two radios.)
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Rpi 0 2W and SDXC card problem - solved
G'day,
My first post here so forgive me if not the right place.
The issue involves moving the excellent G4WNC software package from a slow 32 GB card on a pi 0 2w to a faster SanDisk 64 GB SDXC card to be used on the pi 0. The software had been running well but very slowly on the 32 GB card which did not pass the pi diagnostics for read/write speed.
Using the Windows (11 on a Dell all-in-one) Raspberry Pi Imager the .img was written to the 64 GB card. No problems. The pi 0 didn't boot and hung in the sequence after finding the SDXC card. Other efforts were made with etcher and the Win32DiskImager. Same result hanging in the same place.
The problem was solved by using dd on a debian laptop to copy the 32 GB card image to a file on the laptop and then reverse the process to write to the 64 GB card. This was very slow ~30 mins each way but to my surprise it worked! The pi 0 booted fine, passed the diagnostics and runs the included software (Fldigi WSJTX etc) much more quickly.
I guess the point of interest is that the Pi Imager didn't handle the write but dd did. The 64 GB card was formated exFAT not FAT32 but I would have thought that an imaging process wouldn't care but just overwrite everything even the FAT.
An LLM that I hope someone who knows more than me can explain.
Regards
Richard Katsch
VK2EIK
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Re: FreeDV (was Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio)
Dave,
?
I cannot speak to noise handling capability of RADAE (yet) because I have little to no noise here (yes I know, I am very fortunate)
?
What little I have played with RADAE, It takes very little signal to noise ratio for it to produce readable audio.
?
It is a little "wider' than the other "700" modes.? and maybe a little wider than 1600.? Maybe similar to 2020/2020B
?
I have tried all the other modes from 160-6m and NVIS propagation affects most of the modes a little differently than sky-wave (F2/E) type propagation.
?
I found that RADAE works VERY well on 40m using NVIS during late afternoon between the PNW Seattle/Tacoma area to Eastern Wa (Spokane) etc.?? Signals that barely moved the s-meter from zero still produced literally "full-quieting" audio with little to no garbling.
?
In AUG 2023 I did a little test with an Oregon station I talk to frequently on 160 & 75m from here near Tacoma WA.
?
We were on or around 3750kHz using 700E.? I was running 1W with the IC705 and the other station was running 5W.?
?
It was around 8-9 PM and the summertime lightning/atmospheric noise and static was running S-9 or better.
?
We talked using FreeDV at the above power levels for about 30-45min in complete silence (except for the voice audio)
?
It would have been nearly impossible and very irritating to hold the same conversation using SSB with all that noise using the power levels we were running
?
?
--
-----------------------------------
73/Rick
?
Western? Wa
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Re: #flrig Lack of power meter display for IC-705.
#flrig
I see that now.
Unfortunately the IDD value in the meters window does not appear
until I've cycled the display in the main window through
SWR/ALC/IDD.
This is the sequence I go through.
First screen with TX 50% carrier
Then click to ALC
And then to IDD.
It seems the only time I get IDD value displayed in the meters
window is when I select IDD in the main window. If I now select
SWR in the main window the IDD value in the meters window
disappears.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 21:00, Dave, W1HKJ wrote:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
The Swr/ALC/Idd is a left
clickable widget.? Left click on it to rotate between
readings.
Dave
On 11/3/24 13:50, Philip Rose, GM3ZZA
via groups.io wrote:
Sorry Dave,
I didn't see your post until late afternoon when I was just
about to prepare the evening meal. I've now got around to
testing this and it's not the best news. IDD is not showing
for either the IC-705 or the IC-7300. Here is the screen shot
for IC-7300.
Although there's power out I am not seeing IDD and I left it
several seconds for the polling to take effect.
This happened as well with IC-705.
Phil.
On 03/11/2024 13:56, Dave, W1HKJ
wrote:
Phil,
Please test 80 posted at
73, David, W1HKJ
On 11/2/24 17:51, Philip Rose,
GM3ZZA via groups.io wrote:
Hi Dave,
I just started to use my other rig (IC-7300) to operate
FT8 on 40m and I noticed that the IDD scale had replaced
the SWR scale on the main flrig window. (I changed the
background colour to distinguish my two radios.)
|
Re: FreeDV (was Re: Best Linux for Ham Radio)
I've been watching FreeDV and FreeDATA development.
The audio comparison between SSB and FreeDV with RADE is amazing!
There are some processing artifacts but clarity and power are
worth it.
FreeDATA is going to bring another equally valuable tool to Hams.
Thanks for all the work that everyone is doing!
kd4e
On 11/3/24 14:01, Mooneer Salem wrote:
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Hi Dave,
(Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers on the FreeDV
project.)
Some basic information can be found over at?,
along with some audio samples on the various blog posts on the
FreeDV website (for example:?).
I'm not fully sure about your current setup but it's very
probable that RADE will be an improvement over what you used
before, at least with voice quality.
Thanks,
-Mooneer K6AQ
Rick.
How does the later FreeDV handle high levels of man-made noise
(especially pulse type noise) these days?
The earlier 1.8.x version (I built from source on Mint) was
terrible,
the slightest QRM would kill decoding for up to half a second,
making it
worse than analogue SSB under such conditions. Higher levels
would
prevent the decoder from "locking" to the signal at all.
(With a "clear" signal, it's quality was excellent, but there
again, so
can analogue SSB under the same clear conditions.)
I have S8+ normal "ambient" noise on 80m here these days, and
very
little of it is under my control in any way, so I gave up on
FreeDV.? :-(
But, if it's more robust now, I may look again.
73.
Dave G0WBX.
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