LHS Episode #246: The Weekender XV

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

• Contests

• Collegiate QSO Party: 0000Z, Sep 15 to 2359Z, Sep 16

• Source:  https://gatorradio.org/CQP18.pdf

• ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest: 0600 local, Sep 15 to 2400 local, Sep 16

• Source:  https://www.arrl.org/10-ghz-up

• Contests Next Weekend

• UK/EI DX Contest, SSB: 1200Z, Sep 22 to 1200Z, Sep 23

• FOC (First Class CW Operators’ Club) QSO Party: 0000Z-2359Z, Sep 22

• Special Events

• **POW MIA Recognition Day:**Sep 14-Sep 23, 0000Z-2359Z, K4MIA

• Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/8F (QRZ)

• VOA Anniversary: Sep 22, 1300Z-2100Z, WC8VOA

• Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/8G (VOA Museum)

• Announcements

• Let’s Talk Discord

• LHS Ham Radio Challenge

• Get signed up on the Winlink network and message someone using it. Do it using a Linux client like PAT.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

• Distros to Try

• LinHES

• LinHES (Linux Home Entertainment System) is a Linux distribution that centers around MythTV. The goal of this project is to make creating and maintaining a Home Theater PC as simple as possible. A blank system can be transformed to a fully functional HTPC in around 20 minutes. “We feel the product should work like an appliance and not require a lot of upkeep, while still allowing expansion and customization. Most of the system configuration, operation and even installs can be accomplished using only a remote control. However, if you are a person that likes to tinker and work directly with the OS that option is still available. All the configuration wizards can be disabled to avoid overwriting custom work.”

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/linhes (LinHES)

• Events

• GNU Radio Conference 2018

• Date: 17 Sep 2018 to 21 Sep 2018

• Location: Henderson, Nevada, United States

• Source:  https://lhs.fyi/8H (GNU Radio)

• LIBOCON (LibreOffice Conference) 2018

• Source:https://lhs.fyi/libocon (LibOCon)

• Open Source CubeSat Workshop 2018

• Date: 24 Sep 2018 to 25 Sep 2018

• Location: Madrid, Spain

• Link: https://lhs.fyi/8I (OSCW)

• LHS Open Source Challenge

• Same as the Amateur Radio challenge for this time around since it involves both disciplines.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

• Cheryl’sRecipeCorner!

• Wonton Soup

• Ingredients

• 1/8 cup finely chopped green onion

• 3 cups chicken stock

• 24 (3.5 inch square) wonton wrappers

• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger root

• 1 teaspoon finely chopped green onion

• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine

• 1 teaspoon brown sugar

• 2 ounces peeled shrimp, finely chopped

• 1/2 pound boneless pork loin, coarsely chopped

• Directions

• FOR SOUP: Bring the chicken stock to a rolling boil. Drop wontons in, and cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onion, and serve. Place about one teaspoon of the filling at the center of each wonton skin. Moisten all 4 edges of wonton wrapper with water, then pull the top corner down to the bottom, folding the wrapper over the filling to make a triangle. Press edges firmly to make a seal. Bring left and right corners together above the filling. Overlap the tips of these corners, moisten with water and press together. Continue until all wrappers are used. In a large bowl, combine pork, shrimp, sugar, wine, soy sauce, 1 teaspoon chopped green onion and ginger. Blend well, and let stand for 25 to 30 minutes. NOTES: Uncooked wontons will keep in freezer for a good 2 months if well wrapped. Thaw before frying, if you just want fried wontons, but they can be boiled straight from frozen for the soup, and cooked 2 minutes longer. TO FRY: Heat 2 to 3 cups of oil in a wok until hot. Deep-fry wontons in batches until golden, 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Drain. Serve with dipping sauce or duck sauce, also called plum sauce.

• Russ’s Drink Corner

• Smoky Quartz V5 Bourbon (Barrel Strength)

• ABV: 62.6% (125.2 Proof)

• Region: Seabrook, New Hampshire

• Color: Deep caramel with reddish mahogany

• Nose: Caramel, cream, sea grass, lemon grass, black tea, cherry

• Taste: Corn (unfiltered), wood char, cream, caramel, nondescript herbal

• Price: $42 (375ml)

• Rating: 90

• Additional Info:

• Smells of rich, sweet notes and grain with a slightly heavier wood. The taste is slightly sweet, flavorful, and creamy with mild oak, vanilla and even a touch of spice. It finishes warm and rich. Distilled from 100% locally sourced organic corn. 2016 American Craft Spirit Associations Silver Medal. Appearance: It’s light, but still hued appropriately. More honey yellow than amber. Decent sticky legs. Nose: Honey and corn. Vanilla, grainy, grassy. Slight warm alcoholic twinge, but not a burn. Sweet and smooth. Taste: Corn, corn, corn. Sweet corn. A warm heat builds in the middle, and eases off to oaky vanilla, a dry woodiness, and corn syrup. There’s a little cherry fruit in there as well, and a touch of smoke. Not a long finish, but a grainy/grassy taste remains. It’s sweet, but not sticky. The flavors of the oak add a floral vanilla essence, and the heat helps cut through the sweetness. Very well balanced.

• Bill’s Whatever Corner

• 10 Barrel Brewing Company’s Apocalypse IPA

• ABV:  6.8%

• Region:  Bend, OR

• Color:  Um, it’s in a brown bottle, so it’s beer color

• Nose:  Joy (Or from the bottle Piney)

• Taste:  Joy

• Price:  $3.99 (22oz)

• Rating:  Joy

Music (Segment 4, Optional)

• “Dying for More” by RogerThat from the album, courtesy of Jamendo.

• Duration: 3:45

• Location: Gold Coast, Queensland

• Released: 2017

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/7Z (Jamendo)

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