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rrobinet

I have configured several Kiwis for wifi access by attaching an inexpensive router configured as a Wifi client to the ethernet port of the Kiwi. This $25 TP Link has worked well for me: https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Portable-Travel-Router/dp/B00TQEX8BO/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=tplink+wifi+router&qid=1548188019&sr=8-14 In principle one could enable the internal BB Wifi or attach a USB wifi adapter, but I am reluctant to fiddle with the Kiwi's OS.

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  • WSPR internal kiwi decoder

    rrobinetrrobinet
    I could imagine installing WD on a BBAI machine and dedicate a core to run it.
    But synchronizing Kiwi and WD code upgrades would be a mess.
    For example, just this week I was able to upgrade 20+ WD sites to use the wsprd in WSJT-x 2.2.1 which produces up to 6% more spots from the same antenna+Kiwi.
    Also, many installations use 2 or more antenna+Kiwis, and embedding WD in one Kiwi would result in an asymmetric set of Kiwis.

    So it is far better to run WD on a $35 Pi 3b (or better yet a 2/4Gb Pi 4) which can support 30+ channels of Kiwi bands.
    WA2ZKD

  • wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service

    rrobinetrrobinet
    The new code is backwards compatible with earlier WD.conf and running installations.

    WD extended spots are stored in a new TS table 'wsprdaemon_spots' on wsprdaemon.org and include high resolution frequency and DT spot values and include all the fields reported by 'wsprd' in ALL_WSPR.TXT.

    The noise values now stored in 'wsprdaemon_noise' and now include a count of overload events reported by the Kiwi during the 2 minute long WSPR cycle.

    I will be posting to http://wsprdaemon.org/forum.html about features and fixed to V2.9
    cathalferris

  • Multiple Kiwis, single GPS antenna?

    rrobinetrrobinet
    For over a year, at KPH I have fed 7 Kiwis from one GPS antenna on the roof: GPS Puck ====> 30M RG-6u =====> $15 passive splitter =====> 7 Kiwis
    The 8-way I used is no longer offered, but I have installed this 6 way at other sites: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KCY5MBU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    No mods are required on the Kiwis
    I started with the Kiwi's GPS puck on the roof into this system and that worked fine, but replaced the puck with a 45 dB gain 'bullit' GPS antenna which I bought as a precaution against the losses
    The 100' RG8 measured 8 dB loss at 1500 MHz and the splitter introduces 11 dB, but the rooftop location more than compensates for those losses



    cathalferris

  • wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service

    rrobinetrrobinet
    The noise graphs generated by v2.7 are no longer displayed by wsprdaemon.org
    Also, in v2.7 there are some log files which for MERGed configurations can grow to overflow the file system.
    Go to http://wsprdaemon.org for more information and links to additional resources for viewing your data
    Powernumpty

  • wsprdaemon problem

    rrobinetrrobinet
    There is a bug in v2.7a in which WD fails to install the Linux 'sox' utility problem. Legacy sites will have sox already installed, so they are not affected by this bug.
    'git pull' will download v2.7b which fixes this problem
    cathalferris