LHS Episode #595: Toys in the Attic
Hello and welcome to the 595th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss that latest ARRL campaign to defeat HOA antenna restrictions, a new DXpedition to Bouvet Island, amateur radio in Equatorial Guinea, Hacktoberfest, a new paradigm in kernel per-CPU assignment, SkyRoof and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)
ARRL Launches Nationwide Grassroots Campaign to Pass Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
Source: https://lhs.fyi/K8 (ARRL)
Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/Kh (Letter Generator Tool)
Gear Packed for 3Y0K DXpedition to Bouvet in February 2026
Source: https://lhs.fyi/K9 (ARRL)
Equatorial Guinea Suspends All Ham Radio Licenses
Sources:
https://lhs.fyi/Kb (AhoraEG)
https://lhs.fyi/Kc (DX World)
Segment 3 (Open Source)
Hacktoberfest 2025 RegistrationNowOpen
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Ka (Hactoberfest)
Multi-Kernel Architecture Proposed for the Linux Kernel
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kd (Phoronix)
Rust 1.90.0 Released
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Ke (Rust Blog)
Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)
LHS to Investigate arcOS-Linux
SkyRoof Satellite Tracker
Note: SkyRoof runs fine under WINE in my Manjaro installation. The software is AGPLv3.
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kg (Hackaday)
Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/Kf (Github)
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