Show Notes #456: The Weekender LXXXVII

Posted on by Russ Woodman
Listen Now

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

  • Contests
  • Open Ukraine RTTY Championship
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • State QSO Party Challenge and WAQP
    • Oklahoma
    • Idaho
    • Wisconsin
  • Special Events
  • Announcements
  • OARS Hamfest
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
    • Get a NanoVNA and keep it in your amateur radio aresenal. It's an inexpensive and immensely useful piece of kit.
    • Additional Info:

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
    • Check out some utilities on your Linux systems you might not have tried before. Examples are iftop, iotop, htop, lscpu and lshw.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup
  • Description
    • A tasty soup that warms you up on a cold winter day!
  • Ingredients
    • 1 can (16 oz) refried beans, optional
    • 2 cups usalted chicken broth
    • 1 can (14.5 oz) petite diced tomatoes
    • 2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken
    • 1 package (1 oz) taco seasoning mix
    • 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
    • 1 cup crushed tortilla chips
  • Directions
    • In 3-quart saucepan, mix beans (optional), broth, tomatoes, chicken and taco seasoning mix. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Cover; reduce heat to low. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to blend flavors. Serve with cheese and tortilla chips.
  • Cheryl's Mixed Drink Corner
  • Strawberry Margarita
  • Description
    • What better thing to enjoy after your tasty soup?
  • Ingredients
    • 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) tequila*
    • 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) Cointreau
    • 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) fresh lime juice
    • 10 ounces (1 ½ cups) frozen whole strawberries (fresh work too!)
    • 1 tablespoon simple syrup, agave syrup, or maple syrup
    • 1 cup ice
  • Directions (Cocktail)
    • Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of two glasses. Dip the edge of each rim into a plate of salt (or for a festive look, use our Margarita Salt). Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until fully combined: you can blend until it’s an icy texture, or keep blending for a minute or so until it’s more liquid. Taste and add additional sweetener if desired. Pour into the glasses and serve. Note: Easily doubles for 4 drinks (or triples, based on the size of your blender).
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Yuengling Hershey Chocolate Porter
  • Description
    • Yuengling, America’s Oldest Brewery, and Hershey, America’s most iconic chocolate, are collaborating to provide a once in a lifetime creation for their loyal fans to enjoy. America loves beer and America loves chocolate, so Yuengling and Hershey joined forces to bring the best of both worlds to their fans with a limited-edition Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter. The porter is a fresh take on Yuengling’s 200-year-old Dark Brewed Porter. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy, for a limited time only.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: It's beer, man
    • Proof: 9.4 (4.7% ABV)
    • Region: Pottsville, Pennsylvania
    • Color: Dark brown, like any respectable beer should be
    • Price: $20 (12 pack, bottles)
    • Rating: Delicious
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Clonakilty Single Malt Irish Whiskey Finished in Casks from O'Hara's Brewery
  • Description
    • Premium Irish Single Malt Whiskey matured in ex-Bourbon barrles and finished in O'Hara's Imperial Stout and Winter Star Spiced Pale Ale casks at our Atlantic Ocean warehouse.
  • Details
    • Proof: 99 (49.5% ABV)
    • Region: County Cork, Ireland
    • Color: Light Amber
    • Distiller's Nose: Vanilla custard, candied ginger, hot chocolate, nutmeg, & cinnamon
    • Distiller's Taste: ginger cake, cardamom, fudge brownies, lemon peel
    • Distiller's Finish: warming allspice, chocolate, orange oil
    • Price: $50 Euro-oos (700ml)
    • Rating: Very Good
    • Scale for Bill's Irish Whiskey Tour (1-5) - Meh, Not Bad, Pretty Good, Good, Very Good