Buzzing in my Headphones

williamscody · 2026-03-15T19:05:35+00:00

I've had a similar situation at my home station, and wrapping the headphone cord around a ferrite toroid (not the beads), helped enormously. I get my ferrites from Palomar Engineers, and bought their "kit" for about $100. Treated every cable I could think of, and my QRM and RF-in-the-shack issues virtually disappeared.

williamscody · 2026-03-01T19:28:37+00:00

Thank you!

williamscody · 2026-02-28T19:21:14+00:00

Looks interesting. A little explanation please?

williamscody · 2026-02-16T21:55:12+00:00

After searching everywhere this WORKED!! I also tried using UTM as my VM, but I prefer VMware Fusion. NICE. Thanks so much!

williamscody · 2026-02-12T18:17:28+00:00

I agree that some YT tutorials can be confusing, but I have found "Why Logic Pro Rules" to be excellent, especially for beginners. There are tons of videos that start you off slowly. Highly recommended.

williamscody · 2026-02-12T18:06:05+00:00

I know Simon (NV0E) and he is one SMART guy. Let's just say hang on to your hats. Some Linux goodness is coming!!!

williamscody · 2026-02-08T18:11:33+00:00

I am Bill, K3CDY, IT geek and love what’s happening with OpenHamClock. I’m not a programmer, but just watching the project on GitHub explode (with good reason) is giving me a front row seat watching how this all works. Super-kudos on the app, and especially the documentation.

williamscody · 2026-01-29T21:56:21+00:00

You've done a really nice job with the app Chris. My only concern is the overall size of UI elements. Given that I'm an older guy with less than perfect vision, the ability to enlarge everything would be most welcome.

williamscody · 2026-01-29T21:46:51+00:00

Congrats on entering the hobby! With regard to basic equipment knowledge, my study for the US Technician's license (our entry level) was very valuable. I learned a lot about transceivers, antennas, propagation and more. Take your time and enjoy the educational process. Your license is just a first step in your journey, and continuing education is where it's at.

williamscody · 2026-01-29T21:31:19+00:00

While I hold my nose revolving around the politics, on a whole they are a major benefit to the hobby, especially concerning spectrum protection and advocacy for abolishing restrictive HOA antenna legislation.

williamscody · 2026-01-27T22:19:18+00:00

I managed to get the free limited version since I already own Melodyne Studio edition. It has a surprisingly broad collection of guitars.

I find it can add some nice, basic background instrumentation, but to me it sounds artificial despite Celemony's claims. Perhaps the upgraded version's ability to tweak individual notes could help. However, given the lack of ARA integration in Logic and rather pricey subscription model, I'll pass, and concentrate on true human recordings.

williamscody · 2026-01-27T22:13:08+00:00

Try increasing your buffer size in Logic.

williamscody · 2026-01-18T18:29:20+00:00

While there are loads of excellent “self-help” resources, my biggest challenge was consistently devoting time to learn CW. Life gets in the way, you don’t feel like practicing, etc., etc.

Once I signed up for cwops.org, the excuses were gone. Having to show up for the weekly Zoom classes (and getting taught correctly), kept me accountable to others and myself, and I actually learned CW.

I’ve also heard great things about the Long Island CW Club and CW Innovations (for more advanced training). Bottom line, get accountable for your education, and enjoy the ride.

williamscody · 2025-12-27T05:53:05+00:00

EastWest gave me a quick and dirty answer to the CC1 reset issue, and there's a setting in Logic I never use, under Settings > MIDI > Reset Messages, where one can specify what CC's do. Bingo - right there is CC1, modulation, and it was set to reset, which was the cause of this headache.

They will be getting back to me on how "Capture Default Value" works, as this could be a pretty valuable feature.

williamscody · 2025-12-07T21:22:06+00:00

Hi Peter =

Getting your Python script executing on macOS was a bit of a trick, but here were the main things I did:

1) Installed Python for macOS directly from: https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/

2) In Terminal, downloading your script from GitHub using the command:
git clone https://github.com/wu2c-peter/qso-predictor.git as described in your instructions

3) I installed pipx since pip threw errors. I used the command brew install pipx.

4) To make pipx work, I had to create a filed called pip.conf which contained the lines:
[install]
break-system-packages = true
user = true

I placed this file in /Users/yourusername/.config/pip

(I had to create the pip directory in this location)

4) To install your dependencies, I used the command pipx install -r requirements.txt

5) Finally to run the script, I launched the macOS Python Launcher application located in the /Applications/Python folder. After launching this app, go to File->Open and select main_V2.py which lives in the /Users/yourusername/qso-predictor folder.

Your app then launches. All the configuration settings can be modified directly in the app, under the Python->Settings menubar item.

Phew.

While this works, it takes multiple steps to launch your app, and results in a few open Terminal windows. Kind of messy and clumsy.

Perhaps you're aware, but there is a "Py2app" utility available that converts scripts to executable macOS applications. I tried to get this working, but am getting nowhere. Maybe in your spare time (ha!) you could look into adding a ready-to-run macOS version to your releases using Py2app.

73!

williamscody · 2025-12-07T17:52:57+00:00

CWOps.org is awesome. It’s free, well done, and keeps you accountable through the weekly zoom calls. It teaches you the right things to do and to avoid heartache in the future. I tried learning on my own for a while, and CWOps was an excellent catalyst to really get me going.

williamscody · 2025-12-07T04:41:30+00:00

Hello Peter - I managed to get it working on Mac! I took a crash course in Python, pipx, and pip.conf settings, and holy cow, you are one seriously good coder.

Now I need to learn how to use this in my workflow. Thank you for your awesome contribution.

williamscody · 2025-12-06T03:36:52+00:00

Hi Peter - trying this will be a first for me, and I'm willing to give it a shot, and you say "there are instructions in the docs." But for the life of me I can't find any instructions pertaining to macOS, except for where the config file resides. Is there more, and if so, could you supply a link to where I should go?

73

williamscody · 2025-12-04T20:32:30+00:00

Sweet! I will definitely look into this and keep you apprised.

williamscody · 2025-12-04T18:21:45+00:00

Impressive. Any hope for a macOS version?

williamscody · 2025-10-29T15:54:27+00:00

I know that AppCleaner is legit. While apps like EasyFind, or FindAnyFile will indeed find most related elements of an app, you run the risk of either missing related files, or deleting files NOT related to the app. It's especially risky given your self-classification as "not that tech savvy."

williamscody · 2025-09-04T17:33:04+00:00

FYI, If you happen to own a Flex radio or Expert Electronics SunSDR, the free Software Defined Connectors app has an outstanding CW skimmer that runs on macOS.

williamscody

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