Show Notes #261: The Weekender XX

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

  • Contests
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • Special Events
  • Civil Air Patrol 77th Anniversary
  • Skywarn Recognition
  • Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
  • USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor Day
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
    • Work the 10m contest and share with us your score summary!

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • Events Next Week
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
    • Create a GitHub account if you don't have one. If you have one, create a repo of something to share (antenna design, layout of your shack desk, scripts, anything). Send us the link!

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Chicken Pot Pie Soup
  • Ingredients
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
    • 1 1/2 cups chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
    • 1 1/2 cups milk
    • 1 package (1.6 oz) garlic and herb sauce mix  (Knorr Pasta Sauce Mix, Garlic Herb, 1.6 oz?)
    • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
    • 1 cup diced frozen hashbrowns
    • 1 bag (10 oz) frozen mixed vegetables
    • 2 cups chopped deli rotisserie chicken
  • Directions
    • In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in chicken broth, milk, sauce mix and pepper with whisk until smooth. Stir in diced potato; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender. Stir in frozen vegetables and chicken; cook 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until thickened and heated through. It's versatile. Have leftover cooked turkey? You can use that in this soup instead of chicken. No biscuits on hand? Try cutting small 1-inch rounds from Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts and serving them baked on top of the soup. You can even mix up the veggies in this recipe to match your family’s taste—broccoli, corn, carrots, green beans and onion are all good choices for this hearty soup.  Feeling inspired? Most chicken soups are easily customizable.

  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Knob Creek Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Description
    • When Booker Noe created Knob Creek, he revived full-flavored, pre-prohibition style bourbon. Each bottle stands as a hard-earned piece of bourbon history and each barrel is a story all its own, uniquely influenced by nature, time and its individual journey. That’s why Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve remains its purest expression of old style flavor. Each bottle remains un-blended, highlighting the singular characteristics of our finest hand-selected barrels.
  • Details
    • Mashbill: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted barley
    • ABV: 60% (120 Proof)
    • Region: Clermont, KY, USA
    • Color: Amber and henna
    • Nose: Horseradish(!), vanilla, oak, light cherry, cocoa
    • Taste: Horseradish(!), hazelnut, charred oak, caramel
    • Finish: Long, oak, vanilla
    • Price: $40 (750ml)
    • Rating: 85
  • Bill's Whatever Corner
  • Lewis & Clark Brewing Co Tumbleweed IPA
  • Details
    • ABV: 7.7%
    • IBU: 68
    • A TWO-TIME GOLD MEDAL WINNER at the Great American Beer Festival (2001, 2014). This is Montana’s Most Award Winning IPA! It’s amber color and incredible hoppy aroma (plenty of Cascade & Centennial hops) along with a strong malt backbone using Montana grown and malted barley work together to create an incredibly well balanced IPA.

Show Notes #260: The Sun’s Massive Ejection

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

  • Notice of Unlicensed Operation Reminds Us of Part 15 Rules

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

  • Facebook
    • Eleftherios Kosmas
  • Google Plus
    • Ed Durant
    • Del Dreamy
    • Thor Wiegman
    • W4UC School
  • Twitter
    • @FabricioJaniqu2
    • @KW4XR
    • @myhelpdeskhell
    • @BigDaddyJoe
    • @maulpasun
    • @linuxlkrnl
    • @maoburgos
  • YouTube
    • Rich KC4GFW
    • Mark F
  • Mailing List
    • Pat, N5VMO
    • Steve Witt
    • Mike H.
  • Merchandise Sales
    • Peter Caffrey

Show Notes #259: SatNOGS Deep Dive

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)
  • SatNOGS
  • Interview with Pierros Papadeas, SV1QVE
  • Freenode IRC channel is #satnogs
Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)
  • Post on Google+ from Rick
  • Comment on Episode 253 from Dan, KB6NU

Show Notes #258: The Weekender XIX

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)
  • Contests
  • ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB: 2100Z, Nov 17 to 0300Z, Nov 19
  • All Austrian 160-Meter Contest: 1600Z, Nov 17 to 0700Z, Nov 18
  • REF 160-Meter Contest: 1700Z, Nov 17 to 0100Z, Nov 18
  • Contests Next Weekend
  • Special Events
  • LHS Ham Radio Challenge
  • Make at least two JS8CALL contacts, each consisting of more than a signal report.
This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)
  • Distros to Try
  • Events
  • DevOpsDays Galway
    • Where: Galway, Ireland
    • When: Nov 19-20
    • What: DevOpsDays is a self-organizing, community driven, conference for DevOps practitioners where we want to share and refine agile DevOps techniques in an interactive and engaging way. The Galway DevOps community is particularly driven and well placed to progress DevOps practices, having a rich mix of start-up to enterprise technology companies, including many top tier.
    • Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/aL (DevOpsDays)
  • Events Next Week
  • DataSciCon.Tech
    • Where: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    • When: Nov 28-30
    • What: DataSciCon.Tech is a unique 3-day conference bringing together the brightest minds focused on Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Big Data, Data Visualisation, and Deep Learning. There will be full-day workshops followed by two days with deep dive content in four tracks.
    • Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/aM (DataSciCon)
  • LHS Open Source Challenge
  • Write a BASH script of at least 10 lines that includes at least one function definition.
This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)
  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
  • Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs
  • Ingredients
    • 12 eggs
    • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
    • 1/2 cup real bacon 
    • 2 tablespoons finely shredded Cheddar cheese
    • 1 tablespoon mustard
    • Dill weed, garlic, salt and pepper to taste
    • Smoked paprika to garnish
    • Finely sliced green onion as 
    • Description
    • Place eggs in a saucepan, and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, and cool. To cool more quickly, rinse eggs under cold running water. Peel the hard-cooked eggs, and cut in half lengthwise. Remove yolks to a small bowl. Mash egg yolks with mayonnaise, crumbled bacon, cheese and spices. Stir in mustard. Fill egg white halves with the yolk mixture.  Garnish with thinly sliced green onion, shredded cheddar and bacon bits, sprinkle with smoked paprika (or regular paprika) and refrigerate until serving.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Michter's US*1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Description
    • Michter’s US*1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon is made from a carefully selected mash bill that features the highest quality American corn. It is then matured to the peak of perfection. Truly “small batch” each batch of our US*1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon is batched in a holding tank sized to fit a maximum of twenty full barrels, leaving no margin for “blending out” imperfection and thus necessitating excellence from every barrel. Reflecting the spirit of the Bluegrass State, Michter’s US*1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon is nuanced, mellow and earthy.
  • Details
    • ABV: 45.7% (91.4 Proof)
    • Region: Kentucky, USA
    • Color: Burnished gold or light amber
    • Nose: New oak, cereal grain, corn sweetness, raisins, apple, caramel, cocoa powder
    • Taste: Slightly astrigent indicating some immaturity, corn, clove honey, vanilla, caramel, oak
    • Finish: Oak, honey, raisins, white pepper, apple
    • Price: $43 (750ml)
    • Rating: 83