Category: Show Notes

Show Notes #205: The Weekender II

Posted on by Russ Woodman
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Segment 1 (Things to Enjoy This Weekend)
  • Cheryl's Recipe Corner
  • Cheesy Tortellini and Pepperoni Pizza Casserole
  • Ingredients
    • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
    • 1 package (8 oz) sliced mushrooms
    • 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)
    • 1 package (20 oz) refrigerated cheese tortellini
    • 1 jar (25.5 oz) tomato basil pasta sauce
    • 1 package (5 oz) pepperoni minis
    • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
  • Directions
    • Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and bell pepper; cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat; stir in tortellini, pasta sauce and pepperoni; mix well. Spoon mixture into baking dish. Spray one side of sheet of foil with cooking spray; cover baking dish, sprayed side down. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil; sprinkle casserole with cheese, and replace foil. Bake 27 to 32 minutes or until bubbly around edges and hot in center.
  • Russ's Drink Corner
  • Caol Ila 12
    • ABV: 43% (86 Proof)
    • Region: Islay
    • Color: Natural light honey
    • Nose: Sea salt, peat, bitter lemon, tobacco, ripe apple, grass, seasoned ham
    • Taste: Oily wood, peat, seafaring pitch, sour apple, white pepper, sea grass
    • Cost: $55 (750ml)
    • Rating: 86
  • LHS Amateur Radio Weekend Challenge
    • Make 10 FT-8 contacts that are DX from your operating QTH.
  • LHS Shop Talk
    • On the YouTube channel. Check it out if you get a chance. There is actual ham radio and open source content there!
  • Special Event Stations of Interest
    • KN0BSA
      • Dudley Allen, KD0NMD, will be activating KN0BSA at the Mid-America Council Goldenrod Winter Camporee at Camp Cedars near Fremont, NE from January 26th through the 28th.  Members of the Mid-America Council Radio Scouting Group will provide a Ham radio demonstration station and participate in the annual Winter Field Day. They will use common scout frequencies across all bands that are open. 
    • Space Shuttle Columbia Event
      • Feb 3-Feb 4, 1500Z-2200Z, K5C, Nacogdoches, TX. Nacogdoches  Amateur Radio Club.  21.350 14.270 7.220. QSL. Nacogdoches Amateur Radio  Club, 167 CR 2093, Nacogdoches, TX 75965. All contacts will be  confirmed via LOTW. Special QSL card available for SASE. w5nac.com      
  • Other 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 #204: Jump Around

Posted on 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)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

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 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

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 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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