Richard and Russ are the Penn and Teller of Amateur Radio podcasting.
Contributors:
- Doug, N6LMX, recently acquired an old Dell Inspiron 3500 notebook and decided to try Linux Mint on it. For some reason, probably processor and memory, it stalled before it got started. Same with Ubuntu 9.04. However, Xubuntu 9.04 works like a charm.
- Joe, NE3R, sent an audio message about minicom. Thanks, Joe. Look for it in a future show.
- Google alert about a LHS mention in John's Blog.
- Paul in the chatroom asks about connecting a Linux machine to a shared Windows printer. Russ suggests browsing to https://localhost:631 to bring up the CUPS administration page and configuring the printer there.
Announcements:
- New streaming audio on the web site. New URL: https://stream.lhsinfo.org:8008, or go to https://lhsinfo.org and look for the links on the right side of the page.
- Look for Richard at the Belton HamEXPO on October 3rd. in Belton, TX. Russ will be at Ohio Linux Fest on September 25-27 in Columbus, OH.
- Welcome Bill, KA9WKA, as the newest member of the Black Sparrow Media production team. Bill will be compiling the show notes for Resonant Frequency. (And, now, LHS too. Email comments, corrections, suggestions to ka9wka at blacksparrowmedia dot com. -Ed.)
Interview:
- This is the remaining portion of the interview with Bill, KA9WKA, where we discuss various amateur radio topics.
- NUE-PSK modem
- American Morse code
- G5RV antennas
- 135' Doublet antenna (similar to Figure 3 here)
- Moxon antenna
- CW vs. texting
- B&W folded dipole
- fldigi
- D-Star
- D-Star DV Dongle
- Replackaged Icom equipment at the DX Store
Topic:
- Richard discusses programming radios using Linux
- Richard tries programming his Vertex VX-150 using Wine under Linux. The programming software installed fine, but when he tried downloading the data from the radio to the computer, he received errors, probably due to a mismatch in the serial port speed. Next, he tried programming his Icom IC-91AD. The software installed and recognized his serial port, COM1, and he was able to program the radio.
- Tim, KI6BGE, in the chatroom, says the IC2200H D-Star program works the same way.
- KB3GTN in the chatroom says he's had good luck programming his Kenwood TS480 within Linux, using his own program.
- Tim, KI6BGE, says the Icom ID800 and IC2200H use the same programming cable, but different software.
- A Ustreamer asks which Linux distributions we're using. The summary is Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, SpearMint, CentOS, OpenSUSE, and Debian.
Music:
- "Terra Firma" by Garrett Wall from the album "Sky Pointing"
- "All of the Above" by Garrett Wall from the album "Sky Pointing"
Back from Baltimore and ready for more ham radio, Linux and Linux in the HAM Shack. I had originally planned to get this episode out before I left for the Large Installation System Administration conference in Maryland, but it didn't work out that way. I even brought all the audio with me to assemble the podcast during my off time at the conference. It turned out there wasn't any off time, so I wound up having to finish up when I got home. That being said, I have to admit this is my favorite episode so far. It seems like Richard and I are finally getting the hang of this podcast thing. We truly appreciate all our listeners. It makes the time, effort and money of putting out this program worth it.
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.