K7KEZ | Ham Radio and General Geekery

APRS Settings For The ISS (International Space Station)

Getting an APRS beacon repeated from the ISS is pretty exciting! Here is my checklist for switching from terrestrial APRS to working the ISS. The Quick List Change Digi Path To: ARISS,WIDE2-1 Set Frequency To: 145.825 If range filter is set, turn it off Set squelch...

Yaesu FT1DR APRS Notes

by K7KEZ | APRS

Disappointed that the FT1DR doesn’t support CTCSS tones on APRS. So, you can’t use Voice Alert mode. Seems like such a simple feature to add.

Hard Drives and mSATA Drives for the QNAP TVS-1271U-RP-i5-16G

by K7KEZ | Linux

I found a good hard drive solution for the QNAP TVS-1271U-RP-i5-16G. Going with: Crucial MX200 500GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive – CT500MX200SSD3 HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 6TB 7200RPM SATA III 128MB Cache Internal Hard Drive

[Solved] Subaru Bluetooth Not Automatically Connecting To Phone

by K7KEZ | Gadgets

I have a 2014 Subaru Forester. Previously, I was using an iPhone 4S on iOS 7 and every time I started the car, the phone would automatically connect to Bluetooth. Worked great. I switched to an iPhone 5S on iOS 8 and that stopped working. I tried deleting and...

Grep Through Files Recursively

by K7KEZ | Linux

Need to find a string nestled somewhere in a ton of subdirectories? First cd to the lowest common denominator, then run: grep -lir “something” *

Nexus One Car Dock [Mini Review]

by K7KEZ | Android, Gadgets

The Nexus One Car Dock is well constructed and sturdy. It communicates with your phone via Bluetooth. It works ok, but there is one show-stopper in my book. NO LINE LEVEL AUDIO OUT port. If you want to connect it to your car stereo and listen to audio, you have two...

Nexus One Desktop Dock [Mini Review]

by Ron | Android

The desktop dock is sturdy and attractive. Comes with an extra power cord (so you can use the one from the phone elsewhere) and an audio out cable (1/8 -> RCA). When you cradle the Nexus One, it launches the “clock” app which shows time, date, weather,...

Nexus One (Android) Gripes

by Ron | Android

Email Icons Don’t Show Unread Email Count Unlike the iPhone, my Nexus One does not show the number of unread messages on the mailbox icon. Screen Sensor Misalignment About once a week, I have to restart my Nexus One because the screen sensor is misaligned....

Pogo Plug Read Only After Power Cycle?

by Ron | Gadgets, Linux

Don’t forget to remount in rw mode: mount -o rw,remount / Also, cron needs to be started: /opt/etc/init.d/S10cron

Elgato Turbo.264 HD – My Thoughts

by Ron | Apple, Gadgets

I recently had the opportunity to try out the Elgato Turbo.264 HD encoder/accelerator. The device does what it claims… it transcodes most any type of video file and produces an H.264 file formatted for your device (iPhone, iPod, AppleTV, BeyondTV, etc.). The...