Contributors:

Russ visited a Ham Radio Outlet in Virginia and bought a new Yaesu FT-7900R for his truck.

Richard bought a Kenwood TS-50, some wire and antennas at the Belton hamfest, but hasn’t installed them yet.

John, EI7IG, says you don’t need AX.25 support in the kernel to run XASTIR, since you’re running the TNC in KISS mode. He also says that APRS is useful for emcomm events, disseminating local weather information, and passing short text messages.

Tim, KI6BGE, recommends Resonant Frequency, Linux in the Ham Shack, and SolderSmoke in his October 29 blog entry.

Announcements:

Links and Notes:

Roundtable discussion with Kent VE4KEH, Paul from TeenRadioJourney, Matt KC8BEW, and Jim N3JIM.

Jim runs Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

Matt runs OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Windows XP, and Linux Mint.

Paul runs Windows XP and Ubuntu.

Kent was running Debian, but now runs CrunchBang and Linux Mint.

Topics include running packet, buying TNCs at hamfests, digital modes, fldigi, remote control operation of radios, EchoLink, IRLP, CW, 6 meters, repeaters, the HAARP project, 2m Slim Jim antenna, J-Poles, handy talks, and Richard loses his mind.

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