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  • v1.807,808

    jksjks

    Yep, a typo made in the Verilog code last July if you can believe that. Didn't show itself until I built v1.807. Fixed in v1.808..

    nitroengine

  • v1.807,808

    jksjks

    Instructions for the Debian 11 upgrade procedure described below are here: http://kiwisdr.com/quickstart/index.html#id-D11-upgrade

    From the CHANGE_LOG file:

    v1.807,808 April 10, 2025

      Admin backup tab: Added button to create a Debian 11 upgrade SD card which includes all

        customizations from the current Kiwi. Intended to be used by Kiwi's still running Debian 8.x


        Greatly simplifies the upgrade process by automating these formerly manual tasks:

          Checks for sufficient free disk space.

          Downloads Debian 11 image file from kiwisdr.com with integrity check (checksum).

          Writes image to SD card.

          Copies configuration from Kiwi's kiwi.config directory to SD card.

          SD card is now ready to be use to re-flash this Kiwi to Debian 11 on the next restart.

          Including if you were to immediately restart after the sd card creation completes.


        => Everyone is strongly advised to upgrade to Debian 11 from Debian 8.

          At some point we will no longer provide software updates to Kiwi's running Debian 8.

       

      Complete rewrite of the admin webpage grid & location processing code. (thanks studentkra)  

      FSK extension: Added preset menu. Complements the existing ability to set presets in the URL.

      Reduced minimum name/callsign (ident) length from 16 to 8 characters. (thanks LIN)

      Admin status & antenna switch configuration page now displays antenna status. (thanks LIN)

      Updated to EiBi-A25 database. (thanks jgreentn)

      External extensions being present will always cause a compile from source. (thanks DL3LED)


    HB9TMCTremolatnitroenginestudentkraIK8SUTjimjackiiG4ZFE

  • OT: Time Signals for clocks - MSF

    jksjks

    That README page is slightly confusing because the picture of the air-core coil and first schematic appear adjacent to each other. The two schematics refer to the second picture which shows an "AM loopstick" style ferrite coil which could easily be 700 uH I would imagine.

    Brings back memories of when I ran a LOWFER beacon on 175 kHz back in the early '80s. 1W input using an IRF510. And an output coil wound on a 200x500 mm coil form using Litz wire. Heard all over the western US. Was it really that long ago? Am I really that old? What happened!

    njcsmgF5AFY

  • OT: Time Signals for clocks - MSF

    jksjks

    Nice. Well, it's all about the field strength. Very likely you can build something useful that will not be detectable outside of your immediate location.

    And, you can use your Kiwi to test it -- the timecode extension!

    smg

  • Default KiwiSDR DX.json Download

    jksjks

    I just replied to your email before I saw this post. So I'll include my email reply here:

    So it turns out the default dx.json is stored on every Kiwi in case it turns up missing during a software install. If you bring up the admin console try these commands to see the differences:

    cdk

    wc ../KiwiSDR/unix_env/kiwi.config/dist.dx.json dx.json

    In my case it showed dx.json had a few new lines not present in the default file.

    You can replace the "wc" (word count) with a "cp" to copy the default file to the current dx.json. You can use "diff" to see the actual text differences.

    You should immediately restart (admin control tab) so the server doesn't overwrite the dx.json file you just restored.

    jolo22