Re: [Elecraft] 6 meter openings and how to catch them

[Robert Felmey]

Dave,

Is that script available somewhere on your website?

Rob
KC2VIC

On Fri, May 4, 2018, 4:39 PM Dave Cole (NK7Z)  wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> I have a script Perl that scrapes my DX cluster, (will work with any DX
> cluster), then announces when, and what bands are open, via an MP3 file
> played on my home PC, for each band, based on how many spots from zone 3
> are sent from DX stations to the cluster nets...  Works every time on 6
> meter openings...
>
> 73s and thanks,
> Dave
> NK7Z
> https://www.nk7z.net
>
> On 05/04/2018 10:53 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> > For most of the year 6 meters seems catatonic, at least to those of us
> with mortal-scale antennas. But then there are times, like right now, where
> a magic mirror appears in the sky, capriciously reflecting signals all
> other place. It’s called “sporadic-E.”
> >
> > When the magic is happening, even those with modest antennas, tuned for
> 6 meters or not, can get in on the fun. What I do is park my K3S or KX3 at
> 50.125 USB with the squelch turned on, in case someone starts calling CQ
> above the noise.
> >
> > With both rigs, you can turn on “CW-in-SSB” mode in the CW WGHT menu
> entry, allowing you to either use SSB or CW as required. (A lot of
> cross-mode happens on this band since QSB--fading--can come up without
> warning, leading some ops to switch from SSB to CW to finish a QSO.)
> >
> > A great tool that has been mentioned here before is dxmaps.com, which
> gives you a snapshot of activity on any band of your choice, or all bands,
> or certain subsets. You can sign up to get alerts emailed to you when a
> band of interest gets interesting.
> >
> > I’ve had multiple alerts each of the past several days -- ’tis the
> season.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
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Re: [Elecraft] k3util 32-bit problem on Ubuntu

[Robert Felmey]

Mike,

Yes, this is probably along the lines of the thread I started.  However,
despite the internet running on Linux and it being open source, it seems to
infuriate people to see posts about it.

To answer your question, yes, there is an effort to make a 64 bit version.
I helped Dave Fleming who maintains the software for Elecraft test a 64 bit
version of the kx3util binary.  It worked perfectly with an up to date
Linux install.   Not sure what the timeline is for release but contact me
if you end up being stuck.  I would try installing the packages suggested
by  Gordon first.

Rob


On Mar 22, 2018 11:54 AM, "Mike Markowski"  wrote:

This is similar to the KX3 seg fault thread that is ongoing.

For the first time in a few months I tried to run k3util on a 64-bit Ubuntu
17.10 system and discovered that it no longer works.  I assume some OS
update removed the 32-bit files I used.  I *think* I used to have ia32-libs
installed for that.  I could be wrong, though, since that seems long out of
date.

Has anyone using Ubuntu got k3util to work?

Elecraft developers, any chance of a 64-bit version?  (Does anyone use
32-bit anymore?)

I'll tack on some possibly helpful info below.  Thanks!

73,
Mike ab3ap

ab3ap$ k3util
k3util: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory

ab3ap$ ldd k3util
linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7f0f000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0xf7ece000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7eaf000)
libstdc++.so.6 => not found
libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xf7db)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf7d93000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xf7bbd000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f11000)

ab3ap$ find /lib -name '*libstdc++*'
ab3ap$ find /lib32 -name '*libstdc++*'
ab3ap$ find /usr/lib -name '*libstdc++*'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libstdc++.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libstdc++fs.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libstdc++.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++fs.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libstdc++.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libstdc++.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libstdc++fs.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/libstdc++.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.24
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Robert Felmey]

Just wanted to post a quick update. Since this problem started
happening on 1 Mar 2018, I searched the archives and found the previous
version of lib32-harfbuzz.  After installing that version of the
package, now all the Elecraft linux utilities are working again on my
system.

https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2018/02/28/multilib/os/x86_64/lib32
-harfbuzz-1.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

You can install this on Arch systems with the following command:

pacman -U /path/to/lib32-harfbuzz-1.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

If you do install this package, be sure to blacklist it from being
upgraded by placing the following line /etc/pacman.conf:

IgnorePkg   = lib32-harfbuzz

 
Rob 

On Sun, 2018-03-11 at 22:49 +0100, Thomas Kluge wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> When I tried to start one of the utility programs today I got an
> error:
> 
> (k3util:2054): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_table_insert_internal:
> assertion 'hash_table != NULL' failed
> I think this is just a warning but it was followed by a segfault...
> 
> All my Elecraft utility programs were affected (k3util, p3util,
> kpautil).
> 
> I'm running Gentoo Linux which is up-to-date (most of the packets are
> the stable versions) and I was not sure when it worked last time...
> I've started to look a bit deeper into it and dmesg showed me first
> an
> issue with the libexpat and then with libpng. I've downgraded both
> packages to the following versions:
> expat: from version 2.2.1 to 2.1.0-r4
> libpng: from version 1.6.29 to 1.6.27
> 
> Now I still get the Glib-errors (warnings) in the console - but
> everything works again. It might be the same problem the KX3util...
> 
> Best regards
> Tom, DL3DTH
> 
> 
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2018, 08:41 -0800 schrieb Howard Stephenson:
> > Hi Rob,
> > 
> > From the Utility info on the web site:
> > 
> > X86-based Linux: GTK+ 2.8 or later, glibc-2.4, libstdc++.so.6 and
> > cURL.
> > 64-bit Linux requires 32-bit compatibility libraries.
> > 
> > If you do a search of the reflector archives you should be able to
> > find a
> > list of the 32 bit libraries needed:
> >  > t>
> > 
> > If that is not helpful drop an e-mail to supp...@elecraft.com, they
> > have a
> > template with the needed libraries listed that they'll be happy to
> > send you.
> > 
> > 73,
> > Howard Stephenson K6IA
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Re: [Elecraft] KAT500: Does SN 12XX require LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification?

[Robert Felmey]

Disregard.  When I searched Google about the KAT500 this mod showed up,
however it in fact applies to the KPA500.  (Thanks Ken!)

Rob

On Mar 17, 2018 9:40 PM, "Robert Felmey" <kc2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking to purchase a used KAT500 serial number 12XX and I read online
> in a few places about needing to upgrade the LPF board if Rev. D or earlier
> is installed... Is this correct and necessary?  Has anyone done this or had
> it done by Elecraft? How expensive is it? Is it know what KAT500 serial
> numbers have the older board?
>
> LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification,
> Elecraft parts kit: E850607
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
> KC2VIC
>
>
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[Elecraft] KAT500: Does SN 12XX require LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification?

[Robert Felmey]

I'm looking to purchase a used KAT500 serial number 12XX and I read
online in a few places about needing to upgrade the LPF board if Rev. D
or earlier is installed... Is this correct and necessary?  Has anyone
done this or had it done by Elecraft? How expensive is it? Is it know
what KAT500 serial numbers have the older board?
LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification, 
Elecraft parts kit: E850607

Thanks,

Rob
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[Elecraft] KAT500: Does SN 12XX require LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification?

[Robert Felmey]

I'm looking to purchase a used KAT500 serial number 12XX and I read online
a few places about needing to upgrade the LPF board if Rev. D or earlier...
Is this correct and necessary?  Has anyone done this or had it done at
Elecraft? How expensive is it? Is it know what serial number u it's have
the older board?

LPF T/R Switch Rework Rev.E modification,
Elecraft parts kit: E850607

Thanks,

Rob
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Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Robert Felmey]

Looking in dmesg, I found this:

[ 3817.471455] traps: kx3util[7873] general protection ip:f6771298
sp:ffb24f08 error:0 in libharfbuzz.so.0.10705.0[f6742000+ae000]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Robert Felmey <kc2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Seems like there is a problem with the KX3 Utility running with the newer
> linux kernels...  After updating I just started getting the following error
> immediately after running:
>
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> I've never had a problem before with the KX3 utility so not sure what is
> different.  I've tried it with both the standard and lts kernel with the
> same result.
>
> Linux arch 4.14.23-1-lts #1 SMP Wed Feb 28 17:50:05 CET 2018 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
>
> 73,
>
> Rob
> KC2VIC
>
>
>
>
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[Elecraft] KX3 Utility Segmentation Fault in Linux

[Robert Felmey]

Hi,

Seems like there is a problem with the KX3 Utility running with the newer
linux kernels...  After updating I just started getting the following error
immediately after running:

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I've never had a problem before with the KX3 utility so not sure what is
different.  I've tried it with both the standard and lts kernel with the
same result.

Linux arch 4.14.23-1-lts #1 SMP Wed Feb 28 17:50:05 CET 2018 x86_64
GNU/Linux


73,

Rob
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