First class video as always Julian, I’ve always used my Surface with my Radio’s but do nothing as complex as yourself. Most recently I’ve used it to run my Wires-X software for the PDN capability, you actually have no choice as the software is windows only. I think the surface is a great way to go and has great battery life. I do want to say the things you have done with Raspberry Pi’s has been amazing and I have learnt so much from your videos. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing what configurations you come up with for the Surface.
My Pi400 keyboard will lock up if I run 100 Watts, which I never do, as I never talk. 100 Watts is on the high side for digital. Did you use a current balun and ladder line for your doublet? http://n5rd.org/extra/doublet.pdf
As an Extra you will enjoy reading the paper linked to below. It explains doublets very well. Ten Frequently Asked Questions About the All Band Doublet. http://n5rd.org/extra/doublet.pdf (Sent on my ham shack computer, a raspberry pi400, running ham-pi 1.3.) 73
I could never understand reactance/resistance, the different types of reactance, impedance, or any of the other complicated details pertaining to antenna matching. I just know the 1/4, 3/4, 5/4.... and so on rule for current stuff for matching and I let the tuner do the rest. ...Sorry.
I have two Pi's in the shack. One is a caching DNS proxy server for the house. The other runs my node on www.tarpn.net, a re-implementation of VHF-UHF packet radio.
With the recent influx of cheap micro computers no need to deal with the Pi and the SD card issues. Found pretty much anything you wanted to add or install was a chore and go help you if you didn't have internet access. Now I just keep an SSD with everything loaded. Any issues and I am right back at it. My several Pi's just collect dust. Most of the projects I have I can just use the Pico. Thanks Julian, informative as always.
Thanks and agreed. I won't be dumping my Raspberry Pi anytime soon. It's definitely nice having an all-in-one solution for the field. Thanks for watching and for the comment. 73 Julian oh8stn nice
I'm not sure if that's true. Ultimately data mode operators need to simplify their systems. For a home station it's quite forgiving. Out in the field is another matter. The nice thing is there really isn't a right or wrong way. We deploy systems which fit our requirements. Thanks for the comment and for watching. It's very much appreciated. 73 Julian oh8stn
That's really a bummer. Most of the problems had with a Raspberry Pi were able to be sorted. I've never heard of anything that bad. One lesson learned with the Raspberry Pi was to keep all of the wires as short as possible. Anyway, these type of problems are exactly the reason I decided to use a all-in-one solution versus the pieced together Raspberry Pi. Hopefully you can figure out the problem then come back and share the solutions with us. Thanks for sharing your story. 73 Julian oh8stn
