LHS Episode #404: The Weekender LXIX

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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

• Contests

• Florida State Parks on the Air

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/de

• SP DX Contest

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sp

• State QSO Party Challenge & WAQP

• Lousiana

• Mississippi

• Contests Next Weekend

• JIDX Contest

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/ss

• FT8 DX Contest

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/ds

• State QSO Party Challenge and WAQP

• Nebraska

• New Mexico

• North Dakota

• Georgia

• Special Events

• The Annual Nancy Kott Memorial KN0WCW Event

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sB

• World Amateur Radio Day

• Quebec Parks on the Air (QcPOTA)

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sk

• Announcements

• Mailing list will soon be recovered. Sorry for the outage.

• LHS Ham Radio Challenge

• Check out websdr.org and play around with other peoples’ SDRs.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

• Distros to Try

• Deepin 20.02

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sz

• Events

• Red Hat Open Source Summit

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/s7

• TEQnation Conference

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sA

• International Conference on Open Source Systems

• Source: https://lhs.fyi/sy

• LHS Open Source Challenge

• Check out open hardware platforms like Arduino or OpenRTX.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

• Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

• Carrot Cake

• Description

• I have always been a huge fan of carrot cake, and pulled Russ into my infatuation long ago.  This cake is full of all things wonderful about carrot cake… a moist cake full of pineapple, coconut and walnuts.  Oh, and some carrots.

• Ingredients (Cake)

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 1-3/4 cups white sugar

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 3 eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 cups shredded carrots

• 1 cup flaked coconut

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained

• Ingredients (Frosting)

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

• 1/4 cup butter, softened

• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar

• Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Make a well in the center and add sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in carrots, coconut, walnuts and pineapple. Pour into 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Don’t panic, the center will sink a little. Allow to cool. To make the frosting: Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the confectioners sugar and beat until creamy.

• Cheryl’s Mixed Drink Corner

• Carrot Cake Martini

• Ingredients

• 2 cups ice cubes, or as needed

• 6 ounces Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys®)

• 4 1/2 ounces butterscotch schnapps

• 3 ounces cinnamon schnapps

• Directions

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; pour in Irish cream liqueur, butterscotch schnapps, and cinnamon schnapps. Cover the shaker and shake until frothy. Strain into a martini glass.

• Russ’s Drink Corner

• Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon

• Description

• An innovative approach to twice-barreled bourbon creates the rich and colorful flavor of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Uniquely matured in separate, charred oak barrels – the second barrel deeply toasted before a light charring – extracts additional soft, sweet oak character.

• Details

• Mashbill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley

• Proof: 45.2% (90.4 Proof)

• Region: Versailles, Kentucky

• Color: Deep Amber

• Nose: Dark fruit, black cherry, caramel, spiced honey, chocolate, marzipan and toasted oak

• Taste: Vanilla, rich dark caramel, hazelnut, apple, cherry and baking

• Finish: Long, full-bodied with creamy vanilla notes, cherry, honey, apples, sugar corn flakes and toasted oak

• Price: $50 (750 ml)

• Rating: 97

• Bill’s Whatever Corner

• Thief Creek Straight Bourbon Whiskey

• Undammed Distilling Company, Billings, MT

• 43% (86 Proof)