Linux in the Ham Shack

Hello and welcome to Episode 522 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take a look at some of the variations of the newly released Fedora 39 distribution. Topics include installation, desktop environments, ease of use, ham radio readiness, quirks and more. A particular focus is the Onyx edition which is an immutable distro option. 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 the 520th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss several open source and ham radio topics. Topics include: student contacts with the ISS, solar eclipse studies, proposed changes to the 60-meter band, the latest Raspberry Pi OS, OpenWebRX and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to Episode #519 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts discuss more than one topic that need a bit of exploration. Those topics include: the upcoming JOTA/JOTI scouting event on the air and Internet, the LHS Minecraft server, Ubuntu 23.10 and iVentoy. Thank you for listening 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.

Welcome to the 517th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss various topics including: blogs.radio, a new ham radio information aggregator, JOTA/JOTI, SDRdock, the upcoming Ubuntu release, LMDE 6 and much more. Thank you for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to Episode 516 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts interview Aaron, the creator and maintainer of DragonOS about software-defined radios: applications, setup, usage and the new RTL-SDRv4. Additional information about DragonOS is also provided straight from the author's mouth. Thank you for listening 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 #514 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss several stories including hacking trains with radio, new satellite launches, solar eclipse research, ZFS, Bodhi Linux and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 513th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts review the radio-centric Linux distribution known as DragonOS. Based on Ubuntu, it has a focus on radio spectrum and SDR applications. All aspects of the OS are explored from downloading, to installation to operation to post-installation configuration and impressions. Thank you for listening and have a...

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 #511 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the National Boy Scout Jamboree, SOTA activations in Colorado, volunteerism in amateur radio in Sacramento, commercial radio in the HF bands, Snowstorm, Linux on the desktop, COSMIC, Proton Pass and much more. Thank you for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 510th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts interview one of their own -- Bill, NE4RD -- about the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association. For many years, the K2BSA organization has been involved in the promotion of amateur radio, technology and skill in the realm of worldwide Scouting and beyond. Every aspect of what the organization is and does is ex...

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.

Welcome to the 508th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss several topics including: the ARDC on groups.io, changes to HOA rules for hams, potential licensing changes in the UK, Intel's Mono font, KDE, Not1MM and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 507th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode we have special guest Mike, K6GTE, to discuss his project called Not1MM. Linux has long been in need of a popular and well sorted contest logger and Mike has taken up the task. The N1MM contest logger for Windows has long been a staple of amateur radio contesting and Not1MM attempts to recreate some of that funct...

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 505th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss efforts to mitigate QRM, licensing for eLoran frequencies, Project Boondock, Wine integration with Wayland, Azure Linux, the Dolphin project and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 504th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the ins and outs of portable operations including *OTA stations. All topics are covered from hardware and software to space and weight considerations, power consumption, land use rights, expenses, operating procedures and much more. 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.

Welcome to the 502nd episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts take on a variety of topics including: ham radio during tornado season, operators discovering hidden Russian activity, sculpture as antennae, GNOME 44, GNOME Circle and much more. Thank you for listening and have a great week.

Hello and welcome to the 501st episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we talk with Mooneer Salem, K6AQ, primary developer on the FreeDV team. After a signficant grant from the ARDC, LHS was curious what's new, what's been developed lately, the direction of the project and what the grant money will be used for. This episode covers everything about FreeDV: installation, operation, hardw...

Hello and welcome to the 500th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts cut loose and let it all hang out. Topics range from science to games to technology and hedonism. It's just a free-for-all, fun episode with a little of this, a little of that and--oh yeah--the drawing for our 500th Episode giveaway. Thank you all for 500 episodes and we're looking forward to 500 more.

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 #498 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss upcoming opportunities for students to contact the ISS, the Bouvet Island DXpedition, open source at NASA, the Brave browser, the growth of Open Source and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.