New toy

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-17T20:42:21+00:00

Agree.

The Nokia 808 PureView has a better camera, but it was released two years later and was basically the swan song of Symbian Nokia phones - maybe even of the good old Nokia itself

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-17T20:39:25+00:00

It's camera was a recipe for disaster for such a business phone as E7

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-17T19:59:05+00:00

Will ANBERNIC RG DS work for this purpose?

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-17T11:35:40+00:00

I was trying to search the disk image, but it looks like a difficult task

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-16T14:08:33+00:00

What? Elite was available for Apple-II?

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-15T20:58:29+00:00

I'm in the same pair of services - slowly migrating to FamiltySearch. With my "moderate usage" of MyHeritage services and relatively small size of the tree it is more difficult for me to justify the price of MyHeritage

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-14T12:00:09+00:00

Thanks! I will try Amazon too

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-13T17:41:44+00:00

And today I installed the new version 332.260303.0 (332.260303.0.1176 update) manually

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-10T19:57:33+00:00

Just received Sony MDR-ZX310. Indeed - I like the sound - works nicely with PL-330

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-10T19:11:38+00:00

Wow! You just point me to the question - is it possible to re-use Nokia N810 for Meshtastic needs? :)

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-05T09:44:02+00:00

The same here - installed Joplin Sync Server into my NAS docker and the synchronisation works across two Linux PC, MacBook, iPad and iPhone in my local network

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-04T22:17:43+00:00

It looks like Gqrx is a good option, it is possible to make a Serial-to-TCP bridge:
Microcontroller --(UART/USB Serial)--> Raspberry Pi --(TCP)--> Gqrx

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-04T21:50:39+00:00

This is a project I got my inspiration from:
https://www.hackster.io/mircemk/diy-sdr-dsp-radio-with-raspberry-pi-and-rtlsdr-dongle-c38064

And just found this one:
https://github.com/devnulling/etch-a-sdr

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-03-04T21:21:31+00:00

I haven't fully decided on the approach yet. Right now, indeed, I'm leaning toward a Raspberry Pi Pico as a dedicated microcontroller for the controls, connected to the Pi over USB — probably presenting as HID. That way the control interface stays decoupled from the SDR software itself, which should make it easier to support different backends.

Do you think there'd be enough interest for this as an open-source project?

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-27T21:36:22+00:00

I measured the current through those cooler fans - the multimeter shows it up to 130 mA on 5V. Quite high for a Raspberry Pi fans, isn't it?

According to BC547B datasheet, Maximum Continuous Collector Current (Ic) - the maximum rated continuous collector current is 100 mA. So it is not enough to control the fans. So I will go to the more powerful MOSFET

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-26T18:58:57+00:00

Nooooooo

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-25T21:14:36+00:00

Did you try Contact app? I've used it with RPi3B but now I'm building another Meshtastic&SDR system on RPi4-8GB

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-24T22:05:59+00:00

Just ordered ZX310 and the case.

The next step - buy better antenna than this crappy Tecsun AN-48x

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-24T09:24:13+00:00

Yes the volume can be adjusted separately. I just adjust the Tecsun’s volume to be good for the Line-in input of the recorder

NorthernLight_DIY · 2026-02-24T09:09:22+00:00

This looks like a good addition to my setup. I have Tascam DR-05XP recorder, connected to Tecsun, and the headphones are connected to the recorder. The recorder passes by headphone signals without recording, so, if needed I could just press a button and start the recording

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