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--- hamclock_joggler [2021/04/21 10:10] – created m0tzo
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-**Hamclock on an O2 Joggler by Jonathan, 2E0LXQ**
+**Hamclock Joggler by Jonathan, 2E0LXQ**
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-Despite being out of production for nearly a decade, the O2 Joggler is still a useful & capable device that was probably a little too expensive for what it did when it launched in the early 2000s. However, being well-made and with good components, it means there's still quite an active hacking community around the devices, mainly centred on the [[https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/ | Jogglerwiki site]]; there are plenty of resources there for tinkering with the operating system, and many owners have adapted them as media players.
+Despite being out of production for nearly a decade, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Joggler | O2 Joggler]] is still a useful & capable device that was probably a little too expensive for what it did when it launched in the early 2000s. However, being well-made and with good components, it means there's still quite an active hacking community around the devices, mainly centred on the [[https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/ | Jogglerwiki site]]; there are plenty of resources there for tinkering with the operating system, and many owners have adapted them as media players.
 It occurred to me that the elegant [[http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ | Hamclock app]] by Elwood Downey, WB0OEW, could probably run well on the device, and with a bit of persuasion, it does. The advantage of using the Joggler is that you instantly have a neat, self-contained unit that combines a smart case & touchscreen in one.
+Hamclock is, to quote from Elwood's page: "a desk clock that could show accurate time, geography, time zone, solar activity, sunrise and sunset times, Maiden- head locators, beam heading, Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) beacons, news headlines, and other timely information in one small device", which it does very effectively. The display is customisable by simply tapping on the information you want to change (there are five configurable data panels, a large map that shows satellite tracks, DX clusters etc & a personal information section that displays your callsign, UTC & date). Panels can be changed show sunspot activity, local weather, moon phase & so on. The app is designed to self-update when changes are made & there is even an option to display radio news via an RSS feed, although I find this rather US-centric, but that's not surprising. It's a great clock to have on your desk.
+**Updates**
+/08/2023: Complete package now available on the [[https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5188 | Joggler Wiki]] - Pete, who tested my build earlier (see below) has now compiled the whole package onto a downloadable image for Jogglers. Now you can just download this image onto a memory stick, plug it into a Joggler and have HamClock working in minutes. It's a fantastic piece of work, so many thanks to Pete for putting this on the Wiki.
+I posted the links to this page on the [[https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5116 | Joggler Wiki]], and a contributor, Pete, has got the clock running on his Joggler using the instructions, so it's good to know this is working for others.
+**Planned upgrades:**
+This project is a work-in-progress, so if anyone has any tips on fixing or improving the following, please feel free to contact me via the OARC Discord group:
+. Can I change the screen timeout delay? It's annoying to have the screen go blank, but quite good power saving. Could this time be adjusted
+?
+. Can I do away with the keyboard log-in step?
+. Could the internal memory be flashed with the complete package? Internal memory is only 512K, so it suggests to me that it might not.
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 Please do get in touch with tips or improvements - Hamclock looks great on the Joggler, runs really well, and even auto-updates. And it's a great way to give a new lease of life to old tech, rather than just binning it.
-**Things I would like to fix in subsequent versions:**
-. Can I change the screen timeout delay? It's annoying to have the screen go blank, but quite good power saving. Could this time be adjusted
-?
-. Can I do away with the keyboard log-in step?
-. Could the internal memory be flashed with the complete package? Internal memory is only 512K, so it suggests to me that it might not.
-de 2E0LXQ
+de 2E0LXQ (now [[https://www.qrz.com/db/G5LUX | G5LUX]])