VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Thanks for the info. Finally got around to downloading the free software suite and have had it running on a Raspi 4 for a while. The version of WSJTx was 2.0 so had to update that to 2.2. The other software (which is extensive) in the suite will probably need the same treatment. The Raspi is control...

Thanks Bo for the reply and your RF board looks like a great piece of work. At this point I believe I have the transmit side of things sorted as I described in the original post. Peter, Your efforts with reception on a Raspberry pi look like a possible solution. I tried to get a Newgen RTL 2832 with...

My intention was to mute/disconnect the receiver during transmission assuming I can pick up a suitable control line from the controlling raspberry pi. My skills with raspberry pi's are elementary to say the least but I am learning.
Nigel VK6NI

I've been running a 2m WSPR station here in VK6 over the summer with some good contacts to the east. It is currently an elderly 910H slaved to a PC running 24/7. I plan to continue this but don't see the 910H going on forever and I don't like running a PC 24/7. My current thinking is to replace the ...

Hayden It was a long time ago on Dirk Hartog Island. Filters was perhaps too good a word, we ended up making coils in the extension cables and grounding the radios properly. All radios we were using were HF, I've not tried any weak signal work portable. We later used other generators on Woody Island...

I've had two Honda generators. The first one (1KW) I sold to get a bigger one (2KW). Both worked exceptionally well on IOTAs, etc. The 2KW unit had some slight RF issues that were solved with filters. The 2KW unit now sits in the shed and gets pulled out when there is a power failure, starts on thir...