Recent content by N8YX

Taking stock of the server, and some general rules of thumb: I was fortunate to get a system (Dell R810) with 512GB RAM and all four CPU sockets populated. Of course I wanted as many cores as I possibly could fit in the unit so off to eBay I went. Ten 10-core v3 Xeons were shipped for the...

Last, the challenge of many popular radio-control software packages - and then into the meat and potatoes of the project: The PC I'm composing this thread on has a Vin11 Pro VM running Spectrum Commander to control a couple scanners in my upstairs office. I have several more connected to the...

A word about hypervisors: There are two distinct types and each has it pluses - and minuses. Bare metal hypervisors (such as xcp-ng) are the go-to where speed is required, but the one thing they don't do well is to assign discrete resources to individual VMs. Case in point: A PCIe serial...

Continuing on: The big challenge for users with a complex radio layout is getting enough I/O and enough visualization to control and display everything at once. In the main shack I have 9 32" monitors, 4 24" monitors, two 17" KVM displays and another display that will ultimately tie in to a...

If so I've got a bunch of good ramblings...errrr, discussion for the forum. Back story: I have lots of scanners, lots of receivers and quite a few ham rigs which are computer controllable. Much of the software which supports this stuff doesn't play well with contemporary Windows, so you have to...

It just so happens my stepdaughter (who owes me favors) has one of those. And has a birthday celebration coming up at our place soon. Hmmm...

Anyone know of a source for those little aluminized discs? Another thing which might be tried: Use a Snap Cap of a diameter that works with the screw and the recess in the rear head section. I have a bunch in my junk box and may experiment.

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm either going with a pair of RS-70s or Megawatt units of similar current rating. As far as fan noise: I have a 2U Dell Poweredge server in the shack for running lots of VMs, and am going to add a couple more later-model units to that layout. At full load those...

If you can find one in decent used shape, an HR-2600 came with a tone encoder. Selectable tones via DIP switches - you programmed it for your favorite repeater. I haven't heard a huge amount of repeater activity on 10. There's one about 60 miles away as the crow flies and it doesn't ID lately.

You might also indicate what sort of budget you have to work with. That'll help point you to something.

IC-718, IC-7200 if you want somewhat modern and simplistic. My preference for an entry level radio that isn't really entry level is a TS-440S. Grab an optioned-out R-5000, construct a Mute cable, add an antenna sharing connection on the back of the 440 (per published procedures) and run them as...

I don't have a Class D rig in the upstairs office (where I'm typing this from) so I make use of an IC-7000 for 12/10M operation and listening elsewhere. For the past several days it's been absolutely quiet on upper HF. Did a sweep from 26.0 to roughly 28.5MHz today and the only activity I...

One of my ham buddies from another forum knows Anthony personally and hits the area car shows with him. Is good people from what is said.

Let's throw a curve ball into the mix too. Telex paging mics. The Browning 776. CPI desk mics. All OEMed by Turner, much as Astatic did with their 878/1104 series. (I have half a dozen different branded mics of that series, including Drake. Coincidentally, the 7073 was a +3 in disguise...)...

Turn your VFO up to 50.400ish, switch to AM and call CQ Rag-Chew. It's a safe bet to say most of the fun will be concentrated in the bottom few hundred KHz.