Phil, With all due respect, your use case is clearly different from those of us who are so enthusiastic. I've not had a Windows PC since XP was a new thing, and I have no interest in going back to Windows. Our house is all MacBook Pro and various Linux machines, including a growing number of RPi. So the fact that you are happy with running Windows on a Mac is unrelated to the fact that I want to dedicate a RPi to the shack duties and have another in my Go Box so that I can literally grab my KX3 and hit the road without messing with computer stuff. That way the shack RPi can be permanently attached to its monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And the Go Box can be configured for a small bluetooth keyboard/mouse device I have.
The RPi has the needed power for this use, and at $35 I can have several for different locations as needed -- something I am not prepared to do with MacBooks. What this thread is showing is that there is a growing number of people who feel that a RPi is a perfect solution for this use case, and if not that, then some other Linux machine. We are hoping that Elecraft will open source the utilities so that folks such as myself can help make this a reality. Commenting on a thread to say "this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see why anybody else would care" is a little self centered and leads to an unfortunate tone which is so common in HAM communities -- it discourages new hams such as myself from getting involved, or asking questions. Regards, - Brendon KK6AYI On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > Regarding the RPi, I like experimenting with it but as a shack computer > the idea of a separate computer unit plus monitor plus keyboard seems a bit > of a kluge. > > Just now my shack computer is an 11" 2010 MacBook Air with 250GB SSD. It > runs both Windows 10 and OS X 10.11.4, so I can use the many ham apps (such > as EZNEC) unique to Windows and not requiring too much computing power. A > real plus is that it can sit in front of my K3 or KX3 and I can still see > the rig's front panel over the top of the computer's monitor -- and the > monitor is plenty large enough for the digital modes, and the keyboard is > full size. > > My most compact RPi set up now is an RP2 with a small keyboard with > trackpad and a 7" HDMI monitor. Due to the separate boxes that takes up > more space than the 11" MacBook Air, while having a smaller-than-normal > keyboard and a screen which is a challenge to use. > > So I just don't get all the enthusiasm for using an RPi (or BBB) as the > shack computer to support the Elecraft utilities, etc. No problem with > Linux (which I can run on the MBAir, and do run on my RPi2), just with the > physical arrangement. > > 73, Phil W7OX > > > On 4/8/16 10:10 AM, Roger Klein wrote: > >> Add me as well for running on the Pi, this would be useful to have. >> >> >> Roger N5RWK >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bren...@whateley.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
