LHS Episode #226: Short and Sour

Posted on May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Welcome to the latest episode of Linux in the Ham Shack! This is our short segment show just before Hamvention 2018. Our crowd funding campaign was successful and we thank you so very much for that. We also look forward to seeing you in Xenia. Our topics this week include the Amateur Radio Parity Act, Morse code keyboards for your Android device, CubeSat launches, Ubuntu, Ubuntu and Ubuntu. All the best and thanks for listening.

73 de The LHS Crew

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LHS Episode #226: Short and Sour

Posted on May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Welcome to the latest episode of Linux in the Ham Shack! This is our short segment show just before Hamvention 2018. Our crowd funding campaign was successful and we thank you so very much for that. We also look forward to seeing you in Xenia. Our topics this week include the Amateur Radio Parity Act, Morse code keyboards for your Android device, CubeSat launches, Ubuntu, Ubuntu and Ubuntu. All the best and thanks for listening.

73 de The LHS Crew

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LHS Episode #225: Gpredict Deep Dive

Posted on May 8, 2018May 11, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Welcome to another exciting episode of the most terrific podcast on the Internet today. In this episode, the hosts discuss using gpredict for satellite tracking, rig control and rotor contol. They also delve into some of the complexities of and rewards to satellite communication in amateur radio. Thank you for listening and see you in Xenia.

73 de The LHS Crew

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Show Notes #225: Gpredict Deep Dive

Posted on May 8, 2018May 10, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Listen Now

[audio:https://bsmarchive.info/lhs/mp3/lhs225.mp3]

Segment 1 (Main Topic)

gpredict
- Additional Info:
  - https://media.ne4rd.live/gpredict_AO-85_NE4RD.png
  - https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/kepler/mykepler.txt (TLE Data file from PE4KH)
  - https://github.com/csete/gpredict/raw/master/doc/um/gpredict-user-manual.odt (Docs)
  - https://github.com/csete/gpredict (GitHub)
  - https://launchpad.net/~gpredict-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa (PPA)
  - https://www.amsat.org/status/ (Status via AMSAT)
  - https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ (UL/DL via AMSAT)
  - https://satnogs.org/documentation/projects/ (SatNOGs)
  - https://db.satnogs.org (Amateur Satellite Database)
  - https://software.opensuse.org/package/gpredict

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

Zydeco's Eyeball QSO Party
- May 16, 2018 at 7:00pm(ish) at Zydeco's in Mooresville, IN

Hamvention GoFundMe Campaign

E-mail from Ron, W7HD

E-mail from Jeff, KA1DBE

Comment on Episode 223 from Jason W3AAX

Comment on Episode 223 from Ed, KE8ANU
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/6H (EchoIRLP)

Comment on Episode 224 from Paul, KE5WMA

Comment on Episode 224 from Kevin Murray, K2FN

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LHS Episode #225: Gpredict Deep Dive

Posted on May 8, 2018May 11, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Welcome to another exciting episode of the most terrific podcast on the Internet today. In this episode, the hosts discuss using gpredict for satellite tracking, rig control and rotor contol. They also delve into some of the complexities of and rewards to satellite communication in amateur radio. Thank you for listening and see you in Xenia.

73 de The LHS Crew

Podcast: Play in new window | Download