22 Apr 2023 · Tagged: Blog
I really intended to write this last month, right after the contest. But I got lazy. Wrote a version…never got the photo
code inserted…mostly lost it. I go through times where I’m really horrible blog maintainer, and periods where I’m
somewhat prolific in my writings. This post is shorter and more to the point than the previous drafts…which may or may
not be a good thing.
I waited so long…preliminary log data for submitted logs is out. How’d I do? Well…there’s a story.
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05 Apr 2023 · Tagged: Software
The Log4OM Web Status has been mostly rewritten. It no longer uses a thread to see if the radio is offline and now can tell the difference
between the radio just being off or Log4OM not being loaded. It has also had a license added.
Everything is in the repository.
The long-delayed VAQP post should be up soon.
18 Mar 2023 · Tagged: Blog
The Virginia QSO Party (VAQP) is this weekend and I’m finishing up final prep on the PC to get ready for this. It
starts at 0200Z tomorrow (18-03-2023). I’ll be joining the club guys for monthly breakfast at 0800EDT to fuel up for
the thing.
This means the webstatus for my FT-1000MP will be down. This has absolutely nothing to do with the contest rules; they
have nothing prohibiting any use of spotting and even run their own spotting network. The limitation is with software.
N1MM does not support OmniRig, meaning it needs actual control of the COM port. I have attempted to split this using
com0com/hub4com and VSPE. While both programs connect with VSPE, Log4OM behaves erratically due to seeing N1MMs data.
Maybe sometime in the future I’ll figure out a way to get these two things to behave.
Sometime next week I’ll write a post-mortum about how things went, including using N1MM as a voice keyer
through the DVS-2 port interface I use for digital modes, and a post about my cheap and hacky hands free setup.
Spoiler: It uses ethernet cables and is really hacky.
14 Mar 2023 · Tagged: Blog
We now have forums. Why you ask? For two basic reasons:
- Provide a controlled spot to provide feedback for pages and posts since I didn’t build that in to Jekyll.
- Provide a spot to provide support/comments/suggestions for software.
In addition to site feedback, the forums do have places for general conversation; should they ever become remotely that popular. Registration
is required. Keep it civil.
Get meta about the forums on the forum.
06 Mar 2023 · Tagged: Site
I’ve swapped my git from Gogs to Gitea. This was a bit more involved than anticipated but if you’re reading this…then the migration was successful. The process
required me to essentially delete the old Gogs data entirely, configure Gitea, copy the repositories over, then have it claim “Abandoned Repos”. There was additional things I had to do to restore
the githook I use to publish the page after editing/creating a post.
But since you can read this, it’s all done.
Talk about this post on the forums.
