Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

  • 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…

  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) – Deleting Tasks

    Overview Every once in awhile, things don’t work so well. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) suffers this as well and then you are left with a mess of failed tasks, sometimes, in the tens, but can be in the hundreds, or even thousands! This is the workflow I follow when I need to mass remove tasks.…

  • Audio Configuration for Amateur Radio

    Introduction Have a radio and trying to configure the audio on a software application, maybe for digital modes? It can be troublesome and extremely confusing. The vast combinations of hardware and software drivers make this a challenging task. Hopefully this post will help ease the pain of figuring this out and shorten the time to…

Notes from practice

I use this site to document systems, configurations, and lessons learned as I work through real problems—both professionally and through personal experimentation. The goal is clarity: understand how something works, explain why it behaves the way it does, and make it reliable and repeatable.

These notes are written primarily for myself, but shared openly in case they help someone else avoid a dead end or reduce frustration. If you’d like to learn more, visit the About page.

If you have questions or comments, you’re always welcome to contact me.

Aaron Rombaut

Technologist & Writer