Linux in the Ham Shack

Hello and welcome to the 497th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts bring on guest and fellow ham radio presenter Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, the man with the worst call sign in history, to discuss operating amateur radio using satellites. Topics include ham radio hardware, software, mobile and home setup, operating procedure and best practices and much more. Thanks f...

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to the 495th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss ChatGPT, ARDC grants and programs, impropriety at the ARRL, the dark side of Open Source, Pop!_OS, additional specialized Linux distributions, Linux gaming and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to Episode #494 of Linux in the Ham Shack. This is the first episode for 2023. To ease into the new year, the hosts have chosen a topic based purely in fun: playing games on Linux. Several options are explored and we take a quick look at the new LHS Minecraft server as well. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Episode #492 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss Youth on the Air Camp for 2023, ham radio in local media, Open Source Hub, Hack Club, Asahi Linux, CatRadio and much more. Thank you for listening and have a wonderful week.

Welcome to the 491st installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts expand on their topic from the previous episode, focusing on new radio amateurs getting into the hobby. This episode focuses on tips, tricks, insights, recommendations and resources for people new to the hobby. We hope you find this episode entertaining and informative. Have a great week.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Episode #489 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts cover the future of morse code in amateur radio, more grants from the ARDC, pipewire, Xanmod, Nitrus and much more. Thank you for listening and we hope you have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 488th edition of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts interview Ed, N2XDD, and Steve, KC1AWV, of the M17 project. We last had them on the show in March of 2021. Today, we discuss the M17 project, what's new, what's old and what's happening. Thank you for tuning in and we hope you have a great week.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Episode 486 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss sweepstakes contesting, Youths on the Air, ham radio as a game (?), GUAC, a very old sqlite vulnerability that persists today, holes in OpenSSL, the latest version of Ubuntu and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to Episode 485 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the art and science of sending and receiving QSL cards, either physically or digitally. There are several methods and it can be something of a chore to navigate. We hope you enjoy this episode and have a great week.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to the 483rd episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the upcoming JOTA and JOTI event, an additional period of ARRL club grants, the Internet Archive creating a repository for amateur radio content, a kerfuffle at SQLite, making money with Open Source and much, much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to Episode 482 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take an in-depth look at some common network utilities on the Linux command line to help you configure, monitor and troubleshoot your computers' network connections. We hope you find this episode informative and entertaining. Please send us feedback and we look forward to catching you for the next installment.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Episode #480 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, smuggling handy talkies into New Zealand, Route 66 on the Air, some ins and outs of sudo, Organic Maps and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 479th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. After the discussion in the last episode where the hosts settled on Pop!_OS as the "best" Linux distribution, they decided to take a hard look at it and figure out what's good, what's usable and what needs improvement. We hope you find this episode enjoyable and if you have some time and free hard disk space, give Pop!_OS a whir...

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to the 477th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts cover the latest solar cycle, the upcoming next instance of the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, Kali Linux, contributions to Open Source from large corporations, a new version of PREDICT and more. Thank you for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 476th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts interview Torsten Clay, N4OGW, the author of so2sdr, a software application for doing single-op, multi-radio contesting. The program allows for logging, rig control, station mapping on a band plot and much more. Thank you for listening to this episode. We hope you find it informative and enjo...

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to Episode 474 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss the utility of electrostatic discharge protection, the continued relevance of Field Day, the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, Microsoft and its impact on Open Source, the Software Freedom Conservancy, WSJT-X and much more. Thank you for tuning in. We hope you have a great week.

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.