Show Notes #268: Getting the AX

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

  • Looking for Deep Dive Topics

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

  • ARRL Board Issues Statement on Amateur Radio Parity Act
  • AX prefix on Australia's National Day, ANZAC Day, Etc.
  • ARRL Launching Podcast Geared Toward New Radio Amateurs

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

  • Facebook
    • Bill Vodal
    • Richard Daily
    • Peter Pusztai
    • Nick Roush
  • Twitter
    • @Visuino
    • @GITsoft
    • @jamestaji
    • @levihmoore
    • @ve2ngo
  • YouTube
    • John Brown
    • Trumpet Guy Brewing
    • Edward Gomez
    • Tom Was
    • James Taji
    • Joe Lovato
    • dgnikon

Show Notes #267: The Weekender XXII

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

  • Contests
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • Special Events
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
    • If you have the opportunity to operate the transceivers for a local amateur radio special event station, do so! If not, attempt to make contact and receive a certificate or special event QSL card.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • Events Next Week
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
    • Attempt to build an application into a package, be it RPM, DEB or something else.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • New York Style Cheesecake
  • Ingredients
    • 15 graham crackers, crushed      
    • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
    • 4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese 
    • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
    • 3/4 cup milk
    • 4 eggs
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • Directions
    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth (DO NOT OVER BEAT!). Stir in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust. Fill a pan full of hot water, and place on your lower rack of your oven, below your cheesecake.  Place your cheesecake on the rack above (check your water pan occasionally, and make sure that there is always water in it.) Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours (DO NOT OPEN DOOR!); this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon
  • Description
    • Willett has a storied past beginning in the mid 1670's. It's an easy drinking whiskey. Balanced flavors of creaminess, spiciness and florals. Finish has mint, spice and earthy wood character. Beautiful pot still decanter.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: 72% corn, 13% rye, 15% malted barley
    • ABV: 47% (94 Proof)
    • Region: Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
    • Color: Bright (slighly old) copper
    • Nose: Brown sugar and spice, wild cherry, oak, buttered toast, soft vanilla, corn syrup, molasses, black pepper, subtly floral, ripe blueberries, raspberry, orange 
    • Taste: Sweet corn syrup, orange marmalade, vanilla, soft oak tannins, subtle fruits, floral and herbal spices, hint of coconut, wild cherry and black pepper 
    • Finish: Spiced vanilla with oak tannins, orange marmalade with just a touch of peppery heat, vanilla and spices, coconut and the oak tannin bitterness
    • Price: $50 (750ml)
    • Rating: 91
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Cigar City Brewing Jai Alai®
  • Details
    • An intense bouquet of tangerine and candied orange peel entice the nose while flavors of clementines, Valencia orange and subtle caramel provide counterpoint to an assertive bitterness and rich malt character. Bold hop flavor and aroma from six different hop varietals is front and center in this flavorful American IPA.
    • ABV: 7.5%
    • IBU: 70

Show Notes #266: #$%&! Net Neutrality

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

  • We're back!

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

  • RTTY and FT8 Successfully Coexist In 2019 ARRL RTTY Roundup

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

  • LHS Builds

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

  • Facebook
    • Patrik Tast
    • Duraid Yahya
    • ???? ???? ???????
    • Jonathan Panzica
  • Twitter
    • @yibaoren
    • @ham_shack
    • @terrylong
    • @TerryBondy
    • @SilvermanJayE
    • @waltdjr
    • @W7FGS
    • @ka1uln
  • YouTube
    • CubicleNate
    • kb8qje
    • John Haworth
    • Pat Hayes
    • boxun lee

Show Notes #264: The Weekender XXI

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

  • Contests
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • Special Events
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
    • Do some mobile or portable operation. Help someone log a difficult grid square or county!

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • Events Next Week
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
    • Put a project in your shiny new GitHub account (remember the last challenge?) and write some code.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Cheesecake Apple Fluff Salad
  • Ingredients
    • 16 ounces Cream Cheese — softened*
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 16 ounces whipped topping
    • 3-5 apples, diced
    • 1 cup chopped nuts — walnuts or pecans
    • 1-2 cups mini marshmallows  
  • Directions
    • Place cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until smooth, then mix in sugar. Mix or stir in whipped topping until the mixture is smooth and lump-free. Add the apples, nuts, and marshmallows. Stir to coat. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 24 hours. NOTE: Philadelphia Cream Cheese makes a ready to use pre-made refrigerated cheesecake mix; this is a perfect use for that product, and would save you a chunk of time!  You can also add grapes to the salad OR drizzle it with caramel!  If you want to make it festive before serving, make a wreath on top with green M&M's and embellish it with red ones.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • TINCUP American Whiskey
  • Description
    • TINCUP is a blend of two great American whiskeys, each aged in #3 charred oak barrels. “High rye” bourbon, distilled and aged in Indiana, is blended with a small amount of Colorado single malt whiskey. These whiskeys are then cut with Rocky Mountain water. TINCUP is named for the Colorado mining pioneers and the tin cups from which they drank their whiskey.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: 64% corn, 32% rye, 4% malted barley
    • ABV: 42% (84 Proof)
    • Region: Colorado, USA
    • Color: Pale, slightly cloudy amber
    • Nose: Sweet, caramel, light fruit, toffee, caramel
    • Taste: Sweet, grain, apple, candied apple, cinnamon, toffee, nut bread, rye spice
    • Finish: Light dry tannins, raisin, apple, cinnamon, caramel
    • Price: $25 (750ml)
    • Rating: 86
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Rainier Beer
  • Details
    • ABV: 4.6%
    • Calories: 134 (11g carbs)
    • Rainier Beer brings together nature’s bounty from the great Northwest. We use golden barley to produce a beer rich in taste and texture. Fermented slowly with a pedigree yeast culture under tightly controlled conditions, Rainier comes forth with a satisfying malty flavor over a slightly fruity background, spiced with Chinook, Mt. Hood, and Willamette hop notes.