[Elecraft] KX3/PX3 Linux Utilities for Raspberry

[Phil Wheeler]

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.
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> Roger N5RWK