<div dir="auto">I use the odroid-X2&C2 with quisk sdrangel and gqrx with a softrock X2 and a LimeSdr..... </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2018 4:15 PM, Pete Fierro via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Dave& Bill<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Thanks for the heads up.Im no way a Linux guru.Im learning as I go.My experience with the RPI s have been outstanding to say the least.I just happened upon this device when one of our tech committee guys brought it up at our recent meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Shame this banana is not what it could be.Just another one to experiment with but since reading your post,not interested now.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Whoever though that these micro computers can be complete repeater/simplex controllers.I have two Rpis running my simplex & my repeater.Im still amazed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73</div><div dir="auto">Pete</div><div dir="auto">KD2ARB</div><div dir="auto">Node 41839 Simplex</div><div dir="auto">Node 43315 Repeater</div></div><div class="elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2018 18:56, "Mr. Possum (Bill)" <<a href="mailto:flatpossum1231@yahoo.com" target="_blank">flatpossum1231@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399275">David - I had a similar experience... I thought it had some impressive specs for what it was. I got one on a lark, just for fun, diddled with it for a couple of weeks, had all sorts of nit picky issues. It now resides in an old beat up "Amazon" box on a shelf we call "the bone yard of used computer junk"...</div><div id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399387"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399388">Pete - Refer to the above comment. I now have over 20 Pi's doing things in several counties... I just moved all my static web page hosting duties to a little tower of 4 Pi's with external redundant storage and retired 5 out of 6 of my old power hungry rack mounted windows servers... The lights in the shack now seem a bit brighter now - for some strange reason, lol... :)</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399403"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399431">So what's that tell ya...? I gave it a fair shot and it didn't cut the mustard. I like stuff that just simply works, reliably. The Pi fit the bill and then some! It's a shame the Banana Pi didn't work out... It makes a cool looking paperweight though!<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399432"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399433">Bill - N5MBM</div><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399434"><a href="http://www.n5mbm.net" target="_blank">www.n5mbm.net</a><br></div><div id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399177"><span></span></div><div class="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389qtdSeparateBR" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399199"><br><br></div><div class="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yahoo_quoted" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399261" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399260"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399259"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399258"> <font id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399257" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399256" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> David McGough via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Pete Fierro via arm-allstar <<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> David McGough <<a href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net" target="_blank">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>>; Pete Fierro <<a href="mailto:mrpjf150@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrpjf150@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:37 PM<br> <b id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399506"><span style="font-weight:bold" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399505">Subject:</span></b> Re: [arm-allstar] Banana Pi - BPI Single Board Computers Official Website<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389y_msg_container" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399462"><br><div dir="ltr" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yui_3_16_0_1_1518065471444_399461"><br clear="none">Hi Pete,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Take a look at the reviews for any of these boards. Most (all?) of the<br clear="none">Banana Pi boards use AllWinner SoC chips which have ZERO manufacturer<br clear="none">support and a tiny user support community as well; at least in the USA.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">After spending hours and hours trying to resolve USB problems with Odroid<br clear="none">hardware and having the manufacturer NEVER release a solution, I'm rather<br clear="none">uninterested in most of the clone boards which are trying to grab some of<br clear="none">the glory, attempting to ride the Raspberry Pi 3 coat tails.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For now, unless you're a Linux systems guru, have got man-weeks of time<br clear="none">available and just want to experiment for heck of it, the RPi3 is without <br clear="none">any doubt the small board of choice.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Just my $0.02, your mileage may vary!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">73, David KB4FXC<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yqt3180623022" id="m_8748208443643974803m_6571828525265063389yqtfd60978"><br clear="none">On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, "Pete Fierro via arm-allstar" wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Anyone have any experience with a banana pi? Wondering if it will work for<br clear="none">> Allstar.I have yet to tinker with one<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Pete<br clear="none">> KD2ARB<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.banana-pi.org/" target="_blank">http://www.banana-pi.org/</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none">arm-allstar mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar" target="_blank">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-b<wbr>in/mailman/listinfo/arm-allsta<wbr>r</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - <a shape="rect" href="http://hamvoip.org/" target="_blank">http://hamvoip.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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