Kelvin n0mql EN35ldDec 3

If you're on aprs.fi and looking at my #APRS position for #HamRadio reasons, please disregard this apparent movement.

The conversion of google maps' bajillion digits lat and lon to deg-mm-ss, as #YAAC understands it, is not so good.

So I had to poke at the numbers and hit "Save" a bunch of times to get it close to reality.

YAAC really should have a point-at-the-map move-STATION-to-here thing, 'cuz their Beacon settings tab is shit.

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On a related note, my APRS iGate USED to be run on a #RaspberryPi but is now on a #MacMini with Xubuntu.

I can do even more #HamRadio things when I have a single computer with THREE USB connections:
#FTdx3000
#RigBlasterAdvantage (dual-bander)
#Behringer desktop mixer

e.g. I can stop the APRS iGate & instead spin up 2m crossband to HF, controlled by my iPhone.

Show threadJima Dec 7
@kelvin0mql So I slapped my Kill-A-Watt on one of my Linux Mac Minis a couple of weeks ago...looks like it's slated to use about 5.46 kWh in a month, so less than a dollar? Probably would be more with load, but that's not awful.
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@jima
It’s not bad. I’m pleased to be reducing how many computers I’m running 24x7. Now the Raspberry’s only job is #HamClock.

Man, I have a LOT of computers to unload before we move next year. Oof.

Dec 7 at 3:52amWeb