Author: Russ Woodman
LHS Episode #040: HF in the Mobile Shack
It's a couple of days since the end of the 2010 Dayton Hamvention. Cheryl and I would like to send out a special thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth while we were there. We met a lot of interesting folks and had a great many thought provoking conversations. It was our first time so we didn't know we'd be out in the sticks, so to speak, but we still had a lot of traffic and a lot of fun.
Now that I'm home and most of the work that piled up on me while I was away has been tackled, I got the podcast we recorded before the event finished and here it is. There's no Dayton content this time around. That will come next time. The drawing for the Alinco radio and the other Linux in the Ham Shack swag will happen on Friday and we'll announce all the winners in the next show and on the Web site so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, enjoy some interesting feedback from listeners and some insight into Richard's latest mobile rig install. Keep the feedback coming, visit our Printfection and Cafe Press stores and pick up an item or two, and get ready for next year in Dayton. Linux in the Ham Shack will be back.
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LHS Show Notes #039
Announcements:
- Listen to The Bad Apples GNU/Linux Oggcast.
- LHS has a presence on identi.ca at identi.ca/lhspodcast.
- LHS will be at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention, May 14-16, in booth 265 in the North Hall (NH0265). See hamvention.org for more information.
- Russ will also be at the SouthEast LinuxFest, June 11-13, 2010, at the Marriott at Renaissance Park hotel in Spartanburg, SC. He will be giving a talk on Linux and Ham Radio.
Donations:
- We received donations from Peter, Walter and Maddie (daughter of Bill, KA9WKA). Thank you! Donations help defray the hosting expenses.
- Jim, W9GNG, sent Richard a noise gate! Thank you, Jim!
- LHS merchandise is now available at https://www.printfection.com/lhs. There are a variety of shirts, mugs and other items. Every item purchased will help the podcast. If you're interested in caps, wall clocks, or hoodies with the LHS logo, visit our store at https://www.cafepress.com/lhspodcast. A portion of each sale goes to the podcast. If you visit Dayton wearing or carrying an LHS item, you could win a prize!
Feature:
- Resonant Frequency is still on hiatus as Richard is still in the process of moving the site to a new host. Watch the LHS web page for more information as it develops.
- Ubuntu 10.04 will be released on April 30. Russ has the second beta test version running and discusses the new theme and other changes. It boots much faster, but once running, it seems slower than the previous release, at least on his hardware.
- Pete, VE2XPL, in the chat room asks which version of Linux would run best on his 500MHz Pentium II machine. Richard recommends trying Crunchbang Linux Lite. Russ agrees, and suggests that just about any distribution might work with one of the light-weight window managers, such as FVWM or XFCE. Other possibilies are Damn Small Linux, or one of the netbook remix distributions.
Feedback:
- Danny, KJ4UHI, writes and leaves an audio message about Frostbite Systems and passing his Technicians license test. He asks where he might get recordings to study Morse code. Richard discusses various options. There are some Linux applications, like cwcp.
- Gary, KE2YK, also left an audio message. Visit his Random Oscillations blog, and his online store at https://www.ehamstore.com/.
- Mark, KC4GIA, wonders about Linux support for syncing his Zune audio player. Our hosts discuss this. One possible source of information is the Zuneboards site.
Contact Info:
- Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com, Russ at k5tux@lhspodcast.info, or both at the same time at info@lhspodcast.info.
- Leave us a voice mail at 888-455-0305 or 417-429-4069, or record an introduction to the podcast and have a chance at winning $25.
Music:
- "Company Graveyard" by BB Chung King and the Buddaheads from the album "Howlin' at the Moon"
- "Free Love" by Derek James from the album "Stray"
LHS Episode #039: Best. Episode. Ever.
LHS Episode #039: Best. Episode. Ever.
Lately it seems like if there were an extra day in the week it still wouldn't be enough to get everything done. That being said, Episode #037 is here and it's even released on time. We'd like to especially thank Dan and Gary for leaving us audio comments via our call-in numbers. If you'd like to participate by leaving us audio feedback, the number to call can be found at the top of the left column of this site. We really do like to "hear" from our listeners.
This has also already been announced, but I'd like to promote our merchandise shops once again. If you'd like T-shirts, tote bags and lots of drinkware items with the cool new Linux in the Ham Shack logo on them, take a trip over to https://www.printfection.com/lhs and pick up an item or two. You'll be helping us out with a small donation and advertising the show to your friends, family and colleagues. If caps or wall clocks are your thing, https://www.cafepress.com/lhspodcast has exactly what you need. They make great gifts, too. And every purchase helps Linux in the Ham Shack out with our hosting expenses.
Hopefully we'll see a lot of our listeners at the Dayton Hamvention this month, and hopefully we'll have many more faithful followers by the end of the event. Thanks as always for downloading the show, and make sure to leave us a comment. Don't be a stranger.
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