Dan Watson

@cemaxecuter Don't forget about the mod to add TX2 and RX2. One pair in each direction?

Antennas will likely be routed outside, but horizontal or vertical? 🤔

@cemaxecuter Does the *#*#4636#*#* field test menu work on your phone? If so you can go to Phone Information and possibly force 5G or any other combo of protocols that you want. At the very least it will tell you more about what the phone supports.

Just unboxed the Motorola Edge 20 5G in 2023 and noticed a missing 5G option, echoing the issue discussed in the linked forum from late 2022. Hoping it's a simple fix and I've overlooked something. forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-ed…

@cemaxecuter @Raspberry_Pi @NuandLLC Have you built Yate and YateBTS from scratch recently? I encounter numerous errors involving QT4 during config and build using any available instructions. It works in DragonOS of course, I assume you built it in a while back, but I like to build things from scratch at least once.

While not shown in operation here, I can honestly say DragonOS Pi64 + @Raspberry_Pi Pi5 w/ proper power supply = working YateBTS w/ @NuandLLC bladerfxA9. Make sure you’re running the proper power into the Pi5.

@K3TripleR Evil Mad Scientist has a nice discrete 555 timer kit as well shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/6…

This is how the 555 Integrated Circuit would look like made with discrete components.

@cemaxecuter I was able to get past an issue with Qsound by installing an old version of Qtmultimedia4 from a PPA, but the LTO error is my current hangup.

@sync_channel #bts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nuand.com/support/#bts

@cemaxecuter have you built yate and yatebts from source recently on Ubuntu 22.04? I'm running into lots of build issues related to qt4 vs. qt5 support, I was wondering if you have encountered the same and maybe have workarounds

@cemaxecuter I have tried both the source on yatevoip Github and Nuand's source. I was using RC 2 of the Nuand source based on the instructions on their Github, I just tried RC 3 mentioned in that link with the same errors. libQtUiTools.a generated with LTO version 11.2 instead of 11.3 etc

@DylanBeaudette @QRPerDotCom It's the Gadget Bag KYOB with 2x large pouches and 3x medium pouches.

You made me do it @QRPerDotCom this bag is so cool!

How are you feeling heading into this week? gifs are welcome

@KB7ZUT Probably a clone or derivative of the MRF186. A similar part is used in the MX-P50M amp, some units have a seemingly genuine Motorola part and others have an unmarked clone. nxp.com/docs/en/data-s…

Mystery MOSFET. Anyone have a clues as to what it is? It came as part of an ultra low cost 45w HF amp kit from China, with no instructions, etc… Potentially reused from decommissioned cellular equipment.

@idlehandsdev @MicrochipMakes @digikey 200 😳 I have so many bags of ATmegas, SAMDs and other useful ICs in my parts bins, still vacuum sealed. Tubes and tubes of old PICs. From a time when everything was in stock and we always ordered 10 or 100 of everything because why not. Now they are like hidden gold.

I’m rich! @MicrochipMakes @digikey

@akimmerly Your antenna kits are so versatile. I think this is going to be perfect for my G90.

Working on more (tr)uSDX mod PCBs 🤔

@Raspberry_Pi But can it run Crysis?

Pi 5

@AlanAtTek Nice one! Glad you got your 10, it can be rough in the winter sometimes. One option for parks with no cell service: schedule your activation in advance on the POTA page, and it will automatically spot you when the RBN picks you up.

Bit of a rough #POTA activation at K-6867 today. Deployed a 20m EFHW. No cell service, so I couldn't spot myself. Took 90min to get 12 CW QRP Qs in the log b4 I had to break down b4 dark. Snow on support poles froze them together - ugh. Had to wack them on a tree to free em

@akimmerly So cool Adam! Thanks! It works great despite having to improvise on some materials with stuff on hand.

@AlanAtTek Is the single contact that shows on the map a P2P? HAMRS has an offline lookup for parks so those will show even if you don't have internet or the lookup fails.

Hey fellow HAMRS users…. How come when I hit QSO Map it only shows one of the contacts in the log, and not all of them?

@AlanAtTek Likely a problem with pulling grid squares. What lookup provider are you using in HAMRS? HamDB is free but doesn't work for all international callsigns. (It was down for a few weeks but is up now) QRZ lookup requires a subscription to give you grid squares. Maybe try HamQTH.