Linux in the Ham Shack

Welcome to Episode 259 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we talk with Pierros Papadeas, SV1QVE, of the SatNOGS project. We take a deep look into the Open Space Foundation, SatNOGS and the linked satellite ground station network they have put together. We look under the covers at the software and hardware that make the project work, talk about its past and its future direction, and much m...

You have tuned into Episode 258 of Linux in the Ham Shack. This episode is the 19th edition of our Weekender series. In this episode, we discuss upcoming amateur radio contests, special event stations, open source conferences and more. We also give you some new distributions to try, amateur radio and open source challenges and then dive into our innate hedonism, discussing food, wine, song and muc...

Hello, listeners! Welcome to Episode #257 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss CNPOTA, YOTA and a bunch of other OTAs. There's also information on balloon-based repeaters, the demise of Palm Radio, OpenSpot 2, Apple's new T2 security chip, emotion analyzing AI and much more. Thank you for tuning in. We appreciate you, one and all.

Welcome to Episode 256 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we take a slight departure from our normal topics and episode style to try out the features of our Discord server. We invited listeners to log in and participate in the program, bring up topics of discussion and ask questions of the hosts and other guests. We feel this experiment went rather well, generated a lot of good informatio...

This is Episode 255 of Linux in the Ham Shack. It's our 18th edition of The Weekender. In this episode, we talk about upcoming amateur radio contests, special event stations, Open Source conferences, new and interesting Linux distributions, liquor, food, movies, music and more. Thank you for listening and hope you have a great couple of weeks.

Hello! Thank you for tuning into the latest episode of Linux in the Ham Shack, Episode 254. In this episode, we discuss several topics including 6-meter operation, NASA's Deep Space Gateway, LEDs and RF interference, IBM, Red Hat, System76 and so much more. Thank you for being a listener of our show. We appreciate you!

Hello and welcome to this episode of Linux in the Ham Shack! In our deep dive this time around, we take an in-depth look at the new weak-signal chat mode called JS8CALL, formerly FT8CALL. We explore the history and development of the mode, how it's currently being used, the team behind the project, the operation of the software and much more. Thank you for tuning in and thank you for supporting ou...

Welcome to the latest Weekender edition of Linux in the Ham Shack. This is the 17th installment, episode 252. In this episode, we talk about interesting contests coming up, like the Oceania DX Contest, Worked All Germany and more. We also talk about upcoming special event stations, JOTA, open source conferences like OLF and more. We also give you challenges to keep you on your toes, Linux distribu...

Welcome to the latest installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. You've tuned into Episode 251 in which we take on topics from ARRL elections to the latest hurricane heading for the Florida panhandle to expanded privileges at 50MHz for IARU Region 1. We also look at Microsoft's Infer. NET open AI framework, the latest Ansible, changes to FT8Call and much more. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to the 250th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. On this milestone episode, we return to basics. We spend some time talking about resources for amateur radio on a variety of topics: testing and licensing, community and emergency involvement, elmering, learning, news, information gathering, hardware from parts to rigs to everything in between and where to go when all else fails. Thank you fo...

Hello and welcome to the 249th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. You've found our Weekender edition. In this episode, we discuss upcoming amateur radio events and special event stations active over the next couple of weeks. We also touch on Open Source conferences, including the venerable Ohio Linux Fest, as well as give you distros to try, challenges to exercise your brain and a bit of hedon...

Hello and welcome to Episode #248 of Linux in the Ham Shack. We're so glad you tuned in today. In this episode, we discuss crypto on the airwaves, Hurricane Florence, Sweden price gouging hams, meritocracy and diversity in Open Source, Linus Torvalds, Linux for Windows(??) and much more. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to Episode 247 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we take a deep look at audio routing in Linux. We examine topics from the different audio servers and subsystems in Linux, to applications for audio routing, broadcasting, digital audio workstations and more. To help us in our quest for deeper understanding, we have enlisted Noah Chelliah, KC0SKE, of the Ask Noah Show who lets us k...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Linux in the Ham Shack Weekender! In this episode, we talk about upcoming amateur radio contests and special event stations, upcoming open source events, interesting Linux distributions to try, things to do with your ham shack and your weekend, including food, wine, beer, whiskey, music and more. Thank you for listening and hope you have a great couple of weeks...

Welcome to Episode 245 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the threat of Hurricane Florence, the new PW-Sat2, amateur radio in lunar orbit, FOSSCON 2018, DXVK, Solus, popular topics in Open Source and more. Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to Episode 244 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take a deep dive into the LHS Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu. The distribution was created using Cubic and will be distributed, among other methods, by BitTorrent. We take a look at these two technologies and how they can benefit everyone in the Open Source community. Thanks, as always, for listening.

Welcome to the 243rd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the Lone Host makes a valiant attempt at being three people. He tackles a range of great topics including PicoAPRS, the Tokyo Ham Fair, Mines on the Air, CPUs in low power mode, Steam, contesting, Klog and much more. Please send us feedback on the show; let us know what you like and what you don't. We're always trying to...

Welcome to Episode 242 of Linux in the Ham Shack! In this episode, we bring back a guest to the show we haven't talked with in almost five years. His name is David Rowe, VK5DGR. He is the creator of the open source sound codec known as Codec2. He is also co-creator and maintainer of the FreeDV application for amateur radio digital voice communication, as well as a contributor to many other cool an...

Welcome to Episode 241 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss emcomm in Indonesia, the UN radio club, amateur radio license changes in Norway, open source software in automobiles and medical fields, becoming an APRS weather alert station an another dive into the Github bins. Thank you for listening! If you aren't supporting us yet, please consider clicking on the sponsored a...

Hello and welcome to the 240th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we outline some of the great amateur radio contests and special events, open source events and distributions, and wine, food and song you can partake of in the next fortnight. Oh no, I said fortnight. Get out there and participate in things and have a great couple of weeks.

Welcome to Episode 239 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss updates to Ubuntu, amateur radio satellites, updates to WSTJ-X, the latest Linux kernel, security tools, AX.25, logging and much more. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to Episode 238 of Linux in the Ham Shack. This time around we have an in-depth interview with Steve, AI4QR, and Michelle, W5NYV about Ubuntu Hams and the Open Research Institute. Discussion revolves around the two organizations, their focuses, directions, resources and active projects. Thanks so much to our guests and we hope you enjoy the program.

Welcome to the weekend! In this episode of Linux in the Ham Shack, your hosts discuss good food, good fun, good friends and some wonderful things to do and try on the next couple of weekends. Thank you so much for tuning in and we hope you're enjoying our show. Please leave us feedback and tell us how we're doing. Cheers and 73 de The LHS Crew

Hello! Welcome to Episode 236 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss South African (and elsewhere) youth events in amateur radio, LIDs, satellites in the amateur radio spectrum, online tools for testing Linux distributions, malware in the repos, OpenRC, networking via high-altitude balloons and more. Thank you for listening.

Greetings and many welcomes to Episode 235 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, your hosts take a relatively deep dive into some new methods for distributing software packages in Linux and potentially other operating systems. Specifically mentioned are snaps, appimage and flatpak as well as discussion of other information relevant to distributing and installing software on Linux systems. Ho...