Contributors:
- Kent, VE4KEH, writes in the forums that the Debian Testing updates have caused him some problems. Richard suggests not using the Testing distribution, while Russ disagrees.
- Do any of the ham radio digital protocols support full TCP/IP? Can we load a web site via packet radio?
- Commentsabout Episode #025:
- Alex, OZ9AEC, says that he'd rather attend an Ubuntu launch party every six months, rather than a Windows party every six years. 🙂 He provided a link to an Ubuntu 9.10 Release Party Map.
- Jim, N3JIM, defends APRS (Automatic PACKET reporting System), saying it's more than just vehicle tracking.
www.aprs.org says it's "automatic packet reporting system"
www.aprs.net says it's "automatic position reporting system"
Our hosts discuss the apparent usefulness, or lack thereof, of APRS.
- Richard rants about receiving spam, this time from Twitter.
Announcements:
- Please donate to the fund to send Linux in the Ham Shack to the Dayton Hamvention in 2010!
Links and Notes:
- Joe, NE3R, provides this audio segment about minicom, a Linux terminal application for connection to serial port devices. Check out Joe's blog.
- Audio from Russ at Ohio Linux Fest:
- Talking to Jim, KB3ORA.
- Handing out DVDs of the first 22 episodes.
- Matt, KC8BEW, provided some ham radio gear to use at the booth. Thanks, Matt.
- Russ visits with Beth Lynn Eicher and Rob Ball, both of OLF, and Doug Vann of Duo Consulting talks to Russ about Drupal.
- Richard talks about his visit to the Belton HamEXPOin Belton, TX.
- FlexRadio was there.
- Sidewinders on Two radio club.
- Henry Allen, K5BUG, was offering his Texas Bugcatcher Antennas.
- Richard met Dr. David Woolweaver, K5RAV, the ARRL West Gulf Division Director.
- Donate to the fund to bring Richard and Russ to Dayton Hamvention 2010.
- Look for new topics in future shows, such as reviews of other Linux distributions such as ARCH Linux, Slackware 13, and OpenSUSE 11.1.
- Russ talks about getting his amateur radio station back on the air. He put up a new antenna, an AlphaDelta DX-CC trap dipole for 80-10m. He also acquired a Rascal GLX sound card interface, installed fldigi, and made his first digital mode contact with PSK31 on 20m! Yay, Russ!
- Russ has also discovered IRLP.
- Paul, from TeenRadioJourney.com, made a donation to the Dayton fund. Thanks, Paul.
- We're looking for a new logo for Linux in the Ham Shack. Any and all submissions will be considered.
Music:
- "So Hard" by A. Rex, from the album "Moving Backwards"
- "Drive" by Barb Carbon
We have topped 40,000 downloads! Thanks go out to all of our listeners and live webcast attendees for making Linux in the HAM Shack as popular as it is. Give yourselves a huge round of applause. We're also well on our way to our donation goal of $750 so we can buy booth space and Internet access at the Dayton Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio, in May of 2010. Thank you for all of your donations. Please keep them coming as you're able to send them in!
Richard and I have been busy over the last couple of weeks. He spent a day at the Belton Hamfest near Waco, Texas on October 3rd. The weekend before that, I spent a few days in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio Linux Fest. This is our first episode back from those events. I have a few hours of audio I need to sift through, but I managed to get a couple of clips from my interviews and commentary from OLF included in the second segment of this episode of the podcast. Because I had a visit from my parents and my brother and sister-in-law from New Hampshire, I haven't been able to get the podcast out in a timely manner. I suppose after 25 releases, I should probably stop apologizing for being late but I do like it when we release on time. Anyway, enjoy our interviews and Richard's discourse on APRS and Xastir, and stay tuned for a lot of great audio from our live endeavors coming up in future episodes. Thanks for downloading, and have a great couple of weeks.