[Elecraft] HamSphere

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Sun Aug 17 13:37:59 EDT 2008


Thanks, but my download resulted in a .jar that I can just double-click
looks like the server is down though.

now presumablt it either uses the built in mic and sound out or I need  
a headset and mic?
K3 #174, HexKey £375
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On 17 Aug 2008, at 03:17, O. Johns wrote:

> Folks,
>
> If you have a Mac and download the zip file from the HamSphere web  
> page, note that simply double-clicking that zip file will NOT  
> produce the jar file you need.  The Mac will unzip and then go ahead  
> and un-jar the jar file, resulting in a collection of class files in  
> a nest of directories.  I found that does not work.
>
> So, to use HamSphere on the Mac, first download the zip file and put  
> it in some new folder you make for that purpose.  Then open Terminal  
> and cd to that folder.  Now, in Terminal, do "unzip xxxx.zip" where  
> the xxxx is the prefix of the zip file.  That will do what you  
> want.  A jar file will appear, and that jar file will run correctly.
>
> Now close Terminal and double click on the jar file you just  
> created.  Should work unless something is wrong with your java setup.
>
> 73,
> Oliver W6ODJ


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