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FIPS 140-2 on VMware Cloud Builder
Overview I went to deploy a VMware Cloud Builder appliance the other day with FIPS enabled and it turned out to be frustrating. Turns out, how the appliance is deployed matters. This post would not be possible without an extremely diligent, intelligent, and hard working colleague of mine, Vinny Santa Maria. The how in this…
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WSJT-X On Raspberry Pi 5
Overview This post will assist users on building the WSJT-X application on Raspberry Pi 5. Download Source Navigate to https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html and click the link for the Source Code. Unzip the Tar The command to extract. Here is an example using the actual file. From the command line, change into the wsjtx directory and list the…
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) – Deleting Tasks
Overview Every once in awhile, things don’t work so well. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) suffers this as well and then you are left with a mess of failed tasks, sometimes, in the tens, but can be in the hundreds, or even thousands! This is the workflow I follow when I need to mass remove tasks….
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Audio Configuration for Amateur Radio
Introduction Have a radio and trying to configure the audio on a software application, maybe for digital modes? It can be troublesome and extremely confusing. The vast combinations of hardware and software drivers make this a challenging task. Hopefully this post will help ease the pain of figuring this out and shorten the time to…
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Build SDR++ on Raspberry Pi 5
Introduction Here is another post for a promising program to use with the RTL-SDR Blog V4. Like similar posts, I am going to stitch other posts in so that as the software changes, I only have to update in one location. If you are going to be using the RTL-SDR Blog device, start with installing…
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Build Gqrx on Raspberry Pi 5
Introduction I have a Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0, 8GB (info from raspi-config) running Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (info from /etc/os-release). I am going to build Gqrx 2.17.6 as that is the newest release as of this writing. Due to the nature of open source software and how often things change, I am…
Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves
A Journey Through Discovery
This is how it all started…
I started this site with the intent to aggregate as much information as possible in one place. I use this to record lessons learned or frustrating configurations I have experienced on the job or just tinkering (learning) and just couldn’t find a better resource available. I have tried to be as thorough and accurate as possible, but technology is rapidly evolving and every environment is different. I may miss things along the way and my setup most likely differs compared to yours.
I hope you find this site has some value to you.
Welcome to Bits, Bytes, and Radio Waves!
If you have any questions or comments (or just want to give me a shout-out), please feel free to contact me!
Aaron Rombaut
Writer & Technologist