From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 2 13:41:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9BFD37B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:41:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail19b.rapidsite.net (mail19b.rapidsite.net [161.58.134.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 17E9943E4A for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:41:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob@pythonemproject.com) Received: from www.pythonemproject.com (198.104.176.109) by mail19b.rapidsite.net (RS ver 1.0.63s) with SMTP id 091469 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:41:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3E14AF98.C1CD7950@pythonemproject.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 13:31:04 -0800 From: Rob X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD controlled radio.. ? References: <3E11BFAB.7050302@centtech.com> <3E139D6F.1BBC4ED3@mail.ptd.net> <200301021324.24981.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <3E144425.9090600@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop-Detect: 1 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eric Anderson wrote: > > Thanks to everyone on their responses to this. I have found several > radio devices that will work with FreeBSD. > > One option that Kenneth Stox pointed out (which seems like a great idea) > is to get a scanner/short wave radio and use the FreeBSD box to control > it - has anyone done this before? > > Eric > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Beware the fury of a patient man. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message Most ham radio's will work under computer control. I just haven't gotten around to writing a Python script to control mine. I think it has a serial port on the back. An ICOM 746. I wouldn't mind having a sript that would scan the 6meter band for beacons. Rob. -- ----------------------------- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message