Running Direwolf on Mac vs Raspberry Pi – using a FTX-1 for Packet

I’ve been taking a look at running Direwolf on my Mac to use my new FTX-1 for some Packet Radio. I’m currently stuck trying to diagnose whether Direwolf is getting any audio or not – it’s not decoding anything so I’m suspecting it’s not. The FTX-1 over USB is working flawlessly with WSJT-X so I know audio over USB is reaching the Mac, I’m just not sure what’s going on with Direwolf yet, despite configuring it to use the same “USB Audio Device” as input and output.

I’ve spent a lot of time using Direwolf on the Raspberry Pi – it’s interesting that my previous summary of steps to build and install Direwolf from source still work perfectly.

Casual FT8 afternoon operation: 20m with just 6w

Spent a few minutes Saturday afternoon doing some casual FT8 on 20m, using my FTX-1 on internal battery (so just 6w output), with a SuperAntenna temporarily setup in the garden. Still fascinates me how far you can get with just a few watts. Here’s where I was being heard on pskreporter.info :

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Only worked about 20 mins or so and picked up Denmark and Croatia for the log.