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Swede living in California. W6OJN. Interested in HF, POTA, AREDN, digital modes (FT8/FT4 et al).
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Alright, packaged up as homebrew recipes now. Feel free to give them a spin:
Tiny #HamRadio project today: Got wfview going from my linux radio-attached machine to my MacBook, over @tailscale of course.
~100ms rx latency could be a bit better, but I'll take it for now.
Ended up compiling for both machines from source. On Ubuntu due to the packaged version being old, on MacOS because there is no packaged version. I guess I should look into adding it to Homebrew.
@tootsweet There are no batteries involved in my at-home setup. When operating mobile I use a LiFEPO4 battery but not at home.
Step-up can certainly be done, but at that point I might just as well run with the standard AC adapter instead.
@tootsweet Yeah, I'm sure they keep the main DC input at 19.5V to keep the current to more reasonable levels. Standard power brick is rated 65W.
CPU is 35W TDP, with an SSD and not using onboard graphics it shouldn't be too bad at all at 12V.
I don't intend to use it mobile on battery at this time, just in the radio shack off of the radio power supply there.
@tootsweet I ran the Chromeboxes on 12V (well, 13.8V) in, no separate AC power adapter.
Someone with access to the schematics confirmed for me that the AC detection (and voltage regulators) would work at that voltage. It's been stable for a couple of years. I don't have similar confirmation for the new systems but I'll give it a try.
For random PC needs I've been using i7 Chromebox CN62s upgraded with more memory/disk and reflashed with regular BIOS.
I've been able to run them off of 12V, which is nice -- just crimped a powerpole onto the cord and ran it off the same PSU as the radio.
Time to upgrade though. Found dirt cheap HP mini PCs (EliteDesk 800 G1 Mini). Twice the cores, but one generation older. Hopefully can run these on 12V too.
In case you're wondering what the Paradox of Tolerance in the updated rules means:
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