[Elecraft] KX3/PX3 Linux Utilities for Raspberry

[Phil Wheeler]

On 4/8/16 4:45 PM, Brendon Whateley wrote:
> 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.
I suspect open sourcing the utilities would be a 
mistake.
>
> 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

Eric closed this thread, but I must reply since 
you put words in quotation marks which I never 
wrote ("this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see 
why anybody else would care") -- very disingenuous 
and misleading of you, and amazing that you would 
do so.

What I did say was "as a shack computer the idea 
of a separate computer unit plus monitor plus 
keyboard seems a bit of a kluge." and nothing you 
said relates to that statement.

I also said:

"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."

and part of your reply did address that.

But inventing quotations which I did not say: Truly Troubling.

Phil W7OX


>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at 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