Jeff and Joe, I am one of the DRAWS hat "early adopters". Yes, it will take some harness wiring but it was easy. The miniDIN6 cable wiring is pin to pin "IKYA standard". All that was needed was adapting the audio I/O wiring and either configuring flrig to key the radio model of choice or use the keying signal available on the miniDIN6 (they are wired to specific RPi GPIO pins).
The flip side of the coin is that the implementation of the OS (Compass/Raspbian Stretch) and adapted software (including FT8 and JS8) is still being cobbled together and tested. I have Direwolf/Xastir APRS @1200 baud working reliably on all platforms (IC-7000, FT-817, and E KX3 with 2M card). 9600 baud APRS would be nigh on impossible with the KX3 (discriminator access). Digimodes with fldigi work fine with some tuning. Still working out some details for wsjt-x (but it does work). I am not a JS8 fan so you are on your own there. It is a true "swiss army knife" device - and like a swiss army knife, you can pretty much only use one blade at a time. I mounted the Pi and DRAWS in a SmartiPi Touch frame and adapted the case back with an 12V barrel connector, ON/OFF switch, and access port to the DIN and GPS SMA connector. Here are some photos of my "holiday project": https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4ayvgn1atzaihot/AAC8ElL148w9VjgfkyeODlAUa?dl=0 The keyboard you see is a wireless micro keyboard that came with my first RPi. The whole station using the KX3 or FT-817 fits in a Rigid "briefcase toolbox" or a medium sized Osprey daypack. By the way, the GPS is fast, accurate, and provides a PPS source for the RPi clock which is notoriously bad. Now the Pi tracks the Meinberg provided time on my main workstation here in the office. NW Digital wants to have their consumer ready unit - the OS Image, a custom metal case, and the second run of boards ready this month. It’s a fun project. KD4IZ Jack Spitznagel FM19oo -----Original Message----- From: Joe Lynch <n...@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 19:51 To: Thorpe, Jeffrey <jtho...@liberty.edu>; Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and RPi DRAWS hat? Me too, Jeff. I think it holds lots of promise for FT8. I have a steep learning curve, however. 73, Joe Lynch, N6CL On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 07:46:18 PM EST, Thorpe, Jeffrey <jtho...@liberty.edu> wrote: I’ve been looking at one of Northwest Digital Radio’s DRAWS hats with my KX3. However, it uses 2 DIN-6 connectors. Has anybody tried one of these? Looks like it would require cobbling. Jeff - KG7HDZ ______________________________________________________________ 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 n...@sbcglobal.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
