LHS Episode #598: Fake Ham Radio

Hello and welcome to the 598th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss a revived zombie satellite, tracking the next NASA moon mission as a ham, flatpak updates, KDE's birthday, ham radio in flight simulators and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)
Zombie Satellite EFS-1 No Longer Undead
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kp (IFL Science)
Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kq (ARRL)
Hams Needed to Track NASA Moon Mission
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kt (ARRL)
Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/Ku (SAM.gov)
Segment 3 (Open Source)
Flatpak Doesn’t Work in Ubuntu 25.10
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kl (OMG Ubuntu)
Happy 29th Birthday KDE!
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kn (kde)
Realistic Radio Communication Simulator for Flight Simulators
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Ko (github)
Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)
DXLook Introduces Personalized Band Conditions
Source: https://lhs.fyi/Kr (Amateur Radio Daily)
Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/Ks (DXLook)
Segment 5 (Announcements & Feedback)
Mastodon comment on Episode #595 from @bgarfoot
It was a great episode. Very curious about the Skyroof project - I’ll have to look more into it.
Mastodon ping from @bgarfoot
@kb6nu Really, you can’t go wrong with any Debian-based distribution. Linux Mint is generally the easiest to learn (and what I run), but any of them will work. Also, paging @lhspodcast. [Dan’s original comment: I’m thinking of converting my #hamradio computer to #Linux, now that W10 is no longer being supported. Do any of you have a #Linux computer powering your ham station? If so, what distro and what, if any, logging software are you using?]
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