A Communications Tool
Took the General Element 2 exam today, since they got rid of the Morse Code Element 1 yesterday. Passed, which is a good thing since I’ve been studying for it (randomly) since like 2003.
Congratulations to Marla and John for passing their Tech exam.
Update: If anyone would like to study for their General, I have the Fourth and Fifth Edition of the ARRL General Class License Exam Study Guide.
So I swapped out the power supply with one from work. No go. I then tried changing the frame buffer. Still nothing. I ended up trying the old processor (a UltraSPARC IIi 333 MHz; the machine’s original). Success! So the UltraSPARC IIi 440 MHz went bad.
There was a Infodoc (or whatever it’s called) on Sunsolve saying certain 440 MHz UltraSPARC IIi went bad prematurely, but that tended to be within 72 hours. I guess I got one of the slightly better ones, but still no good.
So the Ultra 10 doesn’t even boot now. I tried swapping the RAM with different DIMMs and no go. I’m going to try swapping the power supply and see how that goes.
Damnit, memory on the Ultra 10 is going bad:
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Awesome. So I got a message on the answering machine yesterday. It was a Radiogram asking me to support the National Traffic System by joining a local Traffic Net. I’ve been trying to checking into NJVN (New Jersey VHF Net) Early for the past month or so, but have been busy. Maybe I should try the Late net.
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