Show Notes #204: Jump Around

Posted on January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Thank You to Our First Patreons
- Jon Spriggs
- Steve Saner
- Donald Gover

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

The ARRL Plays Musical Chairs
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/5h (ARRL)
One Mode to Rule Them All
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/5i (g7vjr.org & clublog)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

A Healthy Dose of Critical Thinking
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/5j (lkml)
New Wine Release Makes Windows Apps Efficient on Linux
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/5f (FOSSBytes)
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/5g (WineHQ)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

Why Doesn't WSJT-X in JT9/65 Mode Auto Sequence?
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/wsjtx (WSJT-X)
Interesting Feature of twclock
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/wa0eir (WA0EIR)
CLLOG
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/cllog (Z02.de)
- Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/fship (Flagship)
dxSpot
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/dxSpot (DB Bear)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook
- Ralph Schutz
- Dirk Unvzeragt
- Paul Siegfried
Google+
- Dror Kobi
Twitter
- @gorkon
- @W1PAC
- @Marius48844319
- @N9MTK
- @Scott_N4JN
- @bidol15
- @stepp_ir
- @Mikel_Farley
- @Kevin_Paus
- @defcon201nj
- @dcdentremont
- @caffrey92
- @stealth2377
- @VE3SKH
- @M0JNE
YouTube
- Keith Birdwell
- Rich Harover
- Jason Miles
- Steve Saner
- Stephen Lange
- Kevin Keister
- Donald Gover
- Jeff Sauer
Mailing List
- OE6IMG
- Scott Northcutt
- DD979VET
- Mikel Farley
- John Faivre
- Leslie Roblin
Merchandise Sales
- Nate Newell
- Kelly Grant

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Show Notes #203: Choosing Your Linux Distribution

Posted on January 16, 2018January 22, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

Choosing the Right Distribution for Your Ham Shack
- Application Availability
- Hardware Support
- Ease of Installation
- GUI
- Security & Updates
Popular Distributions to Consider
- Debian - 4.5
- Solus - 2.5
- TrueOS - 3.5
- Ubuntu 16.04 - 3.5
- ElementaryOS (Loki/Luna) - 3.8
- ElementaryOS (Dev) - 4.0
- Gentoo - 2.1
- Ubuntu 16.10 - 4.3
- Antergos - 2.6
- Fedora 25 - 4.6
- Manjaro - 3.4
- ZorinOS - 0.0
- Bodhi - 3.6
- Rebellin - 4.5
- Deepin - 4.8
- GeckoLinux - 4.0

Segment 2 (Listener Feedback & Announcements)

Announcement from Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs, G7VRI
- OggCamp is a 2 day unconference celebrating all things permissively licensed (F/LOSS, CC, Open Hardware etc), digital rights and collaboratively built. On its 9th year, in Sheffield, UK on the 18th and 19th August. Pay-what-you-want-including-free tickets from OggCamp.org.
Comment from Daniel, N9MUF
Comment from Johnny, N4JEK
Comment from Pete
Comment from John

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Show Notes #202: The Weekender

Posted on January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Cheryl's Recipe Corner

Homemade Pizza Rolls

Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded pizza cheese blend or part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 pound bulk Italian sausage, cooked and drained
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) sliced pepperoni, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, finely chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 jars (14 ounces each) pizza sauce
- 32 egg roll wrappers
- Oil for frying
- Additional pizza sauce for dipping, warmed, optional

Directions
- In a large bowl, combine the cheese, sausage, pepperoni, peppers and onion. Stir in pizza sauce until combined. Place about 1/4 cup filling in the center of each egg roll wrapper. Fold bottom corner over filling; fold sides toward center over filling. Moisten remaining corner with water and roll up tightly to seal. In an electric skillet, heat 1 in. of oil to 375°. Fry pizza rolls for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve with additional pizza sauce if desired. Yield: 32 rolls. Also good with leftover rotisserie chicken, provolone, buffalo sauce with blue cheese dipping sauce. These freeze well! Suggested to assemble then freeze “raw”... not sure how they would freeze pre-cooked.

Russ's Drink Corner

Highland Park Dark Origins
- ABV: 46.8% (93.6 Proof)
- Region: Island
- Color: Dark honey caramel (likely colored)
- Nose: Milk chocolate, toffee, butterscotch, dried cherry
- Taste: Toffee, vanilla, rich chocolate, dried fruit, dark cherry, cirtus zest, smoke
- Cost: $75-$90 (750ml)
- Rating: 93

LHS Weekend Challenge

Make 10 JT-65 contacts (not FT-8) and use WSJT-X on Linux to do it. Bonus "points" if one of those contacts is with an LHS host.

LHS Shop Talk

On the YouTube channel. Check it out if you get a chance. There is actual ham radio, open source content there!

Things to Do in Amateur Radio This Weekend

North American QSO Party CW runs from Saturday at 1800z to Sunday at 0559z. This is a low power contest, meaning the maximum power you can operate and qualify for a class is 100 watts. The exchange is simple, just your name and state/province. If CW isn't your game, checkout this one when they do the SSB or RTTY modes.
NI6IW will be the callsign for the USS Midway Museum Ship Special Event: Desert Storm Kickoff on Saturday from 1700z to 2359z.
K2BSA/6 will be active on Saturday during daylight hours at Polar Camp in Idlywild, CA.

Announcements

If you have a contest, special event station, hamfest, or something you'd like us to mention in this section, send us feedback.

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Show Notes #201: It’s Alive!

Posted on January 9, 2018January 11, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

We're Back!

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

ARRL Board Transparency
- Sources:
  - https://lhs.fyi/5a (My ARRL Voice)
  - https://lhs.fyi/5b (Petition)
- Additional Info:
  - By-Laws Changes: https://lhs.fyi/5c (Google Docs)

NE4RD Amateur Radio Updates

K5TUX Amateur Radio Updates

Segment 3 (Open Source)

We Need Open Source CPUs
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/57 (ZDNet)

Lindows Has Been Resurrected
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/58 (FOSSBytes)
- Additional Info:
- https://lhs.fyi/freespire (Freespire)
- https://lhs.fyi/linspire (Linspire)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

SDR Touch
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/59 (Google Play)
- Additional Info:
  - Running on OnePlus3: https://lhs.fyi/5d (Google Photos)

mhuxd
- Source: https://lhs.fyi/mhuxd (dj5qv.de)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook
- Misha LeBlanc
- Kolby McKinney
- Adam Kimbrough
- Sean Cunningham

Google+
- Dror Kobi
- Jay Bird

Twitter
- @armydad451
- @ham_garlic
- @kdavec
- @SitalDaylong
- @FieldRadioPod
- @Georgharoldnep
- @AspidistraVE2
- @EgebergPhilip
- @dcummingskg7dro
- @jakeboaz
- @BroomyDrive
- @rocktech33
- @KA5KVF
- @kd4wov
- @G7UHN
- @RLStoner
- @Kimbroughski
- @Mikie140
- @7Z1AL
- @dugbofj62
- @radiocarsigns
- @LightFighter_SC
- @scanner_school
- @Stepnjump1
- @kmacy1966
- @SilahtarliHABiP
- @crocosmia007
- @SkunkHam

YouTube
- Ryan Kingsbury
- Don Biederman
- Carlen Cagle
- Tom Cain
- Dave Thurston

Mailing List
- Rick Bennett
- Adam Kimbrough
- Mike Darrol
- Larry Jones
- Michael Combs
- Scott Mayes
- Russell Mayes
- Dwight Myers
- Raymond Van Syckle