Hi Drew, Thanks for your input. I also had questions about how to get tlf set up for this contest. In the end, I made a multiplier file with all the counties, and added a format line to cabrillo.fmt line. It wouldn't score the mults during the contest, but wrote them correctly in the cabrillo file, which is all I was really concerned with.
I love tlf, and am woking on using it for SO2R. Basically, I'll have a computer hooked up to each radio, but send the xterm of one to the other so they're both on the same monitor. 73, Jim KK0U On Sun, 4 Oct 2020 23:23:24 +0000 Drew Arnett <arnett.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I used TLF for the CQP (California QSO Party) yesterday from San Diego > county. (Debian stable tlf package version 1.3.2-1) > > Worked fairly well. Would be nice to have 2 entry boxes to tab > between for serial and qth (mult) instead of one, but it was workable. > > I used an initial file which held QTH (mult) as well as super partial. > The only thing that wasn't so hot was that when I'd enter the serial > (and made sure QTH sent matched the initial), sometimes it would > revert the serial to blank or to the serial it had prefilled from > earlier QSO when I used ESM to finish the Q. Not sure on the details > of how and why, yet. Haven't played with it at home after the event > to better understand. > > So, that's the feedback. > > I love TLF. Love using it from linux console. I was running QRP off > of battery all day long. I didn't want to run a laptop off the > battery as well at 40 or 80 W. That just seems like a mismatch. So, > setup a Raspberry Pi 2 B which was the lowest power consumption model > from what I could find. Used the official Pi display & case. > > Peripherals were: > Elecraft's USB serial adapter for CAT > Winkeyer USB > generic USB to PS/2 adapter with old IBM model M keyboard > NO MOUSE! :-) > > 12 to 5V was using Powerwerx USB Buddy. (I hoped it would be RFI > free.) > > On the bench, this drew 0.4 A off of a bench 13.8 V supply. Wow, nice > match with a 5 W QRP rig! > > Linux console, default font, and a cardboard box for a sunshield. > Glare wasn't bad unless my light t-shirt was lit up by the sun. (I > was trying to stay in the shade.) > > And, the model M with it's curly PS/2 cable, still is prone to RF on > 40m. I had to use a snap on ferrite choke for 40m even QRP. > > I actually prepped a folder with tlf config files and database files > and pywinkeyerdaemon ahead of time on a regular PC. Checked it out, > make a git repot, and then copied onto the Pi. Nice. > > Best regards, > > Drew > n7da >
