Habbing my Pi...

aveake> If you feel up to it
<daveake> Chop the legs off the Pi reg and apply 3.3V directly
<daveake> If you don't feel up to it don't!
<BenBancroft> Btw about partitioning the SD card, I did that on mine
<BenBancroft> Mind I never got video back
<ibanezmatt13> I want to do that but I'm probably gonna destroy the Pi
<daveake> OK
<ibanezmatt13> How would I do that?
<mfa298> BenBancroft: I think there's a few bits of video footage stuck in the tops of trees
<daveake> If you need to ask, don't do it :)
<ibanezmatt13> simply very good wire cutters?
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<ibanezmatt13> I think I know what to do but I just want to be sure. I just need to cut using wire cutters the two outer legs on the RG2 near that capacitor?
<BenBancroft> If only I could go back and get it, but got no way to get back now
<daveake> Yes and solder a wire on to apply 3.3V to the 3.3 and 5V rails
<BenBancroft> and them trees were very tall
<ibanezmatt13> So I can't power the Pi through the GPIO if I cut those legs?
<daveake> Yes you can
<mfa298> if it's in the topof a tree it helps to have  a few good gps strings from the payload so you can work out which trees to look in.
<daveake> Cut the legs and apply power through those pins np
<ibanezmatt13> I don't need 5v do I? Just power it through the 3.3v pin? Or do I give 3.3v into the 5v pin
<daveake> BenBancroft Even without aerial I reckon you'd have decoded if it was still transmitting
<gonzo_> any news from the hf hab at FDH?
<BenBancroft> The truth is I never took the laptop down that track, I was two miles away when I used it
<BenBancroft> As you couldnt get car down that track due to a metal gate
<daveake> Yeah a tablet or netbook is much better for that
<daveake> Or take a backpack
<ibanezmatt13> Think I got it now. Wire cutters to cut the two outer legs on RG2 on the Pi, then give 3.3v to the Pi's "5v" pin. Not what I would have expected but I guess that's it
<mfa298> if it was still transmitting and was in the top of a tree you might have heard it from a couple of miles even if the antenna was damaged
<daveake> The Pi senses the 5V line and won't boot unless you put something there.  Tie it to the 3.3V line.
<Lunar_LanderU> Upu: got it
<Lunar_LanderU> GPS GND wire came off the solder point
<daveake> With that, you can run the lot from a single regulator
<Upu> yes you need those Lunar_Lander
<ibanezmatt13> daveake, sorry that confused me a bit. You want me to physically connect the Pi's 3.3v pin to the Pi's 5v pin?