Category Archives: Technical

Moving More and More to Linux

Today I got Evolution working with my email. Not as clean as Outlook, and rules are weird, but it is becoming a viable alternative. Also after I started this post I got a call from my cousin Brian, he said … Continue reading →

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Off of Exchange Server

I am finally off of the exchange server. Still got some backup and cleanup left to do. But for the most part I am off. Still some former business partners still using it, so it will run till it dies. … Continue reading →

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Documentation for SDR

Got the SDR working, problem is I keep finding new things to do, and improvements in my documentation. Today found a better way to edit config files and learned of a new way to study 433Mhz devices. Pretty cool, need … Continue reading →

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Documenting SDR install

So I feel like I got things pretty smooth now. Hoping to get install documented on CentOS linux tomorrow. One final thing is to get trunking working. If I can get that, I will call it good. In the meantime … Continue reading →

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More RTL SDR Adventures

Figured out a few more things with RTL SDR, found out the physical dongle i had did not support it. May not be too late to order one that does. I still have yet to try the Blue Dongle though. … Continue reading →

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RTL_433 vs RC-SWITCH

I really in my heart wanted the RTL_433 to work. To be fair it kind of does, but it is so so much easier to use a superhet on esp8266 then RTL on a PC. The polling on Linux on … Continue reading →

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More SDR on Linux

Got RTL_433 Mhz working. Kickstart not going so well. It seems to not install MATE. Everything else is fine. Stopped taking Aleve (Naproxen) changing it to a more stomach friendly Ibuprofen.

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Getting SDR Working

This is a post backdated. Forgot to post yesterday. Got RTL-SDR working on CentOS 7. Will work on documentation. But just reinstalled. Kind of late.

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RTL SDR on CentOS 7

Getting instructions together on running RTL SDR on CentOS 7 Of course it devolves into a rabbit hole. Start with here Then goes to a Git Hub for CubicSDR Which has a ton of source code that needs to be … Continue reading →

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Two Factor Auth and QR Codes

Talk about going down a rabbit hole. Finally got to factor authentication going though ssh. As with trying new things, this had several challenges. One thing that I missed was that the method I found online requires an ssh key … Continue reading →

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