[OZAPRS] VK3XCI -10 (-15)

[Norm McMillan]

No, I didn't run dmesg Ray. The gear was at the bottom of the garden so I
just cycled the power. There is a script around to restart it every minute
or so, but I'd rather find the real cause. It's in the shack now and hooked
up to a keyboard. monitor. Given my luck it won't happen again!
Interesting, The dongle was "hanging" off the USB cable... I might look
further into that. Thank you.

norm vk3xci

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:47 PM Ray <aprs at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> I don't have much faith in some USB plugs and sockets. In my case I had
> the RPi and dongle in a box mounted up the mast. Bumping the bottom of
> the mast caused enough vibration for the dongle to fail due to momentary
> loss of contact. A reboot of the Pi restored the service, ready for the
> next bump!
>
> Did you think to check dmesg and /var/log/syslog for any clues? Hint: If
> you run dmesg -T you timestamp the results. dmesg -C will clear all
> entries.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
> On 3/12/20 2:30 pm, Norm McMillan wrote:
> > Good afternoon,
> > The Mildura iGate has reverted to the old -10 set up. ie Pi 3B+ >
> > Xastir > Tiny2 > Syntrx. Its now Tx/Rx gate and back in the shack.
> >
> > The remote Pi0W > Dire Wolf|rtl_fm > RTL-SDR proved too unreliable.
> > for some reason rtl_fm or the dongle itself kept hanging up. It would
> > run for weeks without a proble then drop out twice a day. Anyone got
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Norm vk3xci
> >
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