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Icom IC-7300 Connectors Settings for Digital Modes
Overview I have an Icom IC-7300 Transceiver that I use for digital modes. I am going to record the Connectors setting here for my future reference but also for others who may want to check their settings or new users. Connectors Settings [MENU] > SET > Connectors Function Name My Setting Default Setting ACC/USB Output…
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FIPS 140-2 on VMware Cloud Builder
Overview I went to deploy a VMware Cloud Builder appliance the other day with FIPS enabled and it turned out to be frustrating. Turns out, how the appliance is deployed matters. This post would not be possible without an extremely diligent, intelligent, and hard working colleague of mine, Vinny Santa Maria. The how in this…
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WSJT-X On Raspberry Pi 5
Overview This post will assist users on building the WSJT-X application on Raspberry Pi 5. Download Source Navigate to https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html and click the link for the Source Code. Unzip the Tar The command to extract. Here is an example using the actual file. From the command line, change into the wsjtx directory and list the…
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Aaron Rombaut
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