Linux in the Ham Shack

Listen to Episode #272

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

Contests

ARRL International DX Contest

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5t (ARRL)

Russian PSK WW Contest

Source: https://lhs.fyi/dG (RDR Club)

Contests Next Weekend

CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5u (CQ 160)

North American RTTY QSO Party

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5v (NCJ Web)

NA Collegiate RTTY Championship

Source: https://lhs.fyi/dH (NACC)

Special Events

1939 Golden Gate Expo Commemoration

Source: https://lhs.fyi/dI (QRZ)

George Washington’s Birthday

Source: https://lhs.fyi/dJ (WS7G)

Announcements

Looking for topics for Deep Dive episodes. Please send us your thoughts or desires for shows

Hamvention 2019 campaign (Zydeco’s for dinner)

YouTube channel

1,000 Twitter followers contest

LHS Ham Radio Challenge

Put up an antenna! Install peanut and make a contact.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

Distros to Try

NixOS

Source: https://lhs.fyi/nixos (NixOS)

Andy’s Ham Radio Linux

Source: https://lhs.fyi/2j (KB1OIQ)

Events Next Week

Popular Programming and DeveloperWeek

Source: https://lhs.fyi/ca (DeveloperWeek)

MariaDB OpenWorks

Source: https://lhs.fyi/ct

LHS Open Source Challenge

Upgrade your Linux distribution to the latest version and give it a test drive. If you are using Windows, upgrade it to the latest version of Linux, too.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

Cheryl’s Recipe Corner**!**

Pasta Carbonara

Description

Over the weekend a dear friend fixed carbonara for us.  He obtained the recipe from an Italian foreign exchange student his parents hosted years ago, and promised this was the ultimate in broke Italian comfort food. Before he left, I had the quick recipe.

Ingredients

1 pound pasta

Pinch of salt

1 pound bacon

1 cup chopped onions

1/4 cup minced garlic (more or less to taste)

Olive oil (see below)

4 eggs, scrambled well (uncooked)

Parmesan cheese

Directions

Start heating your water for your pasta, adding a pinch of salt. While you are waiting for the water to boil, chop your bacon and onion into small pieces, and place bacon in a skillet over medium heat. Once water is boiling, add pasta and cook until al dente (still slightly chewy). When bacon is about 1/2 cooked, add onion and garlic.  If there isn’t about 1/3 cup bacon fat, after onion/garlic/bacon has finished cooking, add some olive oil to compensate and heat thoroughly. While your bacon mixture and pasta is cooking, crack the eggs into a bowl and scramble them WELL.  Get a bowl large enough to mix everything together. Once you drain your pasta (DO NOT RINSE!), quickly place in the mixing bowl and immediately stir the raw egg mixture into it (so the hot pasta can start cooking the egg), then add the bacon/onion/garlic mixture (DO NOT DRAIN!) to the pasta and stir well (so the hot grease can finish cooking the egg). Serve with shredded parmesan and garlic bread.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Glenmorangie Signet

Description

A fusion of unique and rare elements, and clouded in secrecy, Signet is the culmination of a lifetime’s experience. A blend of our oldest whisky and spirit matured in a selection of the world’s finest casks, this undoubtedly is the richest whisky in our range. Of course, whilst the exact secrets of its production are known only to our whisky creators, we can tell you that Signet’s melting sweetness and explosive spiciness is, at least in part, caused by our unique roasted ‘chocolate’ barley malt and the ‘designer casks’ made bespoke for Glenmorangie from American white oak. Non chill-filtered

Details

Mashbill: Undisclosed

ABV: 46% (92 Proof)

Region: Highland (Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland)

Color: Consistent, rich caramel

Nose: Intense chocolate, sweet raisins, soda bread, light malty notes, vanilla, salted crackers, orange peel, faint zingy spice notes

Taste: Spicy toasted caramel, fresh sawn wood, subtle chocolate hints, orange essence, lime zest, malted grain, pepper

Finish: Crisp, dry spice, oaky notes and a hint of leather and truffles

Price: $200 (750ml)

Rating: 95

Listen to Episode #271

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

ARISS Announces Phase 2 selections for 2nd Half of 2019

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/cq (ariss.org)

Peanut Making the Rounds Since 1.5.1 Released

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/cn (PA7LIM)

Additional Info:

https://lhs.fyi/co (G Play)

https://lhs.fyi/cp (Dashboard)

February 14 is Es’hail-2 (QO-100) Teleport Inauguration Day

Source: https://lhs.fyi/cr (ARRL)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/cs

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Publicly Funded Open Source Software Should Be Open Source

Source: https://lhs.fyi/cm (Linux Journal)

Sony Pictures Has Opened ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Software

Source: https://lhs.fyi/cl (Variety)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/dF(OpenColorIO)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

NixOS

LHS Readiness:  2.9

Source: https://lhs.fyi/cj

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/ck (GitHub)

KB1OIQ releases new version of Andy’s Linux

LHS Readiness:  4.4

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/2j (Sourceforge)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook

Levi Moore

Steve Lee

Twitter

@smartvhf

@borisnimcevic

YouTube

Brian Gamble

Derek Downs

Luis Pacheco

Dean Simmer

Mark Crowley

Listen to Episode #270

Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Logbook of the World

Resources:

https://lhs.fyi/cf (LoTW Online)

https://lhs.fyi/trustedqsl (TrustedQSL)

https://lhs.fyi/ch)) (Trouble Tickets)

https://lhs.fyi/ci (API Documentation)

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

Hamvention 2019 Campaign

Eyeball QSO

Deep Dive Topics

Patreon and Sponsored Ads

Recording Sunday or Monday

Listen to Episode #269

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

Contests

Mexico RTTY International Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c1

10-10 Int. Winter SSB Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/6d

Vermont QSO Party

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c2

Minnesota QSO Party

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c3

Contests Next Weekend

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c4

ARRL School Club Roundup

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c5

Special Events

Ground Hog Day

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c6

Third AM Rally

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/c7 (ARRL)

Announcements

Looking for topics for Deep Dive episodes. Please send us your thoughts or desires for shows.

Hamvention 2019 campaign will be starting shortly.

LHS Ham Radio Challenge

Updated your LoTW certificate and check your eQSL inbox and see if you missed anything.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

Distros to Try

Parrot

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/ce

Events

FOSDEM 2019

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bD (FOSDEM)

Events Next Week

Popular Programming and DeveloperWeek

Source: https://lhs.fyi/ca (DeveloperWeek)

LHS Open Source Challenge

Report or help stomp a bug in an Open Source project you use.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

Baked Brie

Ingredients

1 package of Frozen Puff Pastry (17oz ounces

8oz wheel of brie cheese (leave rind on)

Toasted nuts (optional)

1/4 cup preserves (any flavor you wish; apricot, raspberry and strawberry are delicious), optional

Slices of baguette bread (well toasted, you’ll be spreading the cheese on these pieces)

Slices of apple (again, you’ll be spreading cheese on these)

Directions

Remove the puff pastry from the box and inner wrapping, and defrost for 20-30 minutes (until it’s pliable and unfolds easily).  Places a sheel of aluminum foil on your rimmed baking pan, and spray well with non-stick cooking spray, and preheat oven to 425.  Once your puff pastry has become pliable, unfold and place your brie in the middle of the square.  If you choose to use preserves and nuts, spread both of these on the top of the wheel of brie (preserves first, then nuts), then gather up the pastry and turn it into a pouch with the cheese/preserves/nuts inside.  Bake at 425 for 20-25 minutes (just until the pastry turns a toasty golden color); remove from oven and let stand 5-10 minutes for the cheese to firm up (and not be a molten volcano when you cut into it!).  Serve with well toasted baguette pieces and apple (or pear) slices. NOTE: Russ and I do NOT put anything inside the pastry with the cheese… but we do drizzle honey and toasted slived almonds on top AFTER it comes out of the oven.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon

Description

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style is the third expression in the Old Forester Whiskey Row series. On the bottle it reads, “During Prohibition, only six Kentucky distilleries were granted permits to bottle bourbon for medicinal purposes. Brown-Forman, maker of Old Forester, secured Permit KY - 3. In 1920, the first bottles under this permit were produced. To match the usual barrel proof of the that bourbon after maturation, it is presented at 115 proof.”

Details

Mashbill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley

ABV: 57.5% (115 Proof)

Region: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Color: Dark, rich mahogany

Nose: Chocolate, creme brulee, butterscotch, clover, banana, dark fruit, caramel

Taste: Caramel, nuts, creme broulee, brown sugar, barrel bitterness, oak char, coffee

Finish: Nuttiness, barrel char, caramel, allspice, pepper, chocolate

Price: $65 (750ml)

Rating: 99

Music (Segment 4)

“Halfway Home” by Forget the Whale from the album Take to the Skies!, courtesy of Jamendo.

Duration: 4:02

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Released: April 2018

Source: https://lhs.fyi/c8 (Jamendo)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/c9 (Facebook)

Listen to Episode #268

Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

ARRL Board Issues Statement on Amateur Radio Parity Act

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bT (ARRL)

AX prefix on Australia’s National Day, ANZAC Day, Etc.

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bU (WIA)

ARRL Launching Podcast Geared Toward New Radio Amateurs

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/cb  (ARRL)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

What if APIs Do Become Intellectual Property?

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bV (reddit)

Compute Module 3+ on Sale Now from $25

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bW (rpi)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/dE

APT Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bS (LinuxNov)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

PJON releases 11.2 stable

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bX (github)

Pat is getting close to 1.0

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bY (github)

timestampSDR

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bZ (Reddit)

Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/c0 (GitHub)

create-bash-script

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/cd (Reddit)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/cc (GitHub)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook

Bill Vodal

Richard Daily

Peter Pusztai

Nick Roush

Twitter

@Visuino

@GITsoft

@jamestaji

@levihmoore

@ve2ngo

YouTube

John Brown

Trumpet Guy Brewing

Edward Gomez

Tom Was

James Taji

Joe Lovato

dgnikon

Listen to Episode #267

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

Contests

North American QSO Party

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/5v (NCJ)

NA Collegiate Championship

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bP (W9SMC)

ARRL January VHF Contest

Source:  hhttps://lhs.fyi/bQ (ARRL)

Contests Next Weekend

CQ 160-Meter Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/5u (CQ)

REF Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bR (REF)

Special Events

QuartzFest

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bE (QuartzFest)

Kansas Day 2019

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bF (SFARC)

Gold in California

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bG (EDCARC)

LHS Ham Radio Challenge

If you have the opportunity to operate the transceivers for a local amateur radio special event station, do so! If not, attempt to make contact and receive a certificate or special event QSL card.

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

Distros to Try

Void

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bA (VoidLinux)

Events

Linux Conf Australia

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bB (LCA)

DevConf.CZ

Source: https://devconf.info/cz/2019 (DevConf)

Events Next Week

FOSDEM 2019

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bD (FOSDEM)

LHS Open Source Challenge

Attempt to build an application into a package, be it RPM, DEB or something else.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

New York Style Cheesecake

Ingredients

15 graham crackers, crushed

2 tablespoons butter, melted

4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese

1 1/2 cups white sugar

3/4 cup milk

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth (DO NOT OVER BEAT!). Stir in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust. Fill a pan full of hot water, and place on your lower rack of your oven, below your cheesecake.  Place your cheesecake on the rack above (check your water pan occasionally, and make sure that there is always water in it.) Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours (DO NOT OPEN DOOR!); this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon

Description

Willett has a storied past beginning in the mid 1670’s. It’s an easy drinking whiskey. Balanced flavors of creaminess, spiciness and florals. Finish has mint, spice and earthy wood character. Beautiful pot still decanter.

Details

Mashbill: 72% corn, 13% rye, 15% malted barley

ABV: 47% (94 Proof)

Region: Bardstown, Kentucky, USA

Color: Bright (slighly old) copper

Nose: Brown sugar and spice, wild cherry, oak, buttered toast, soft vanilla, corn syrup, molasses, black pepper, subtly floral, ripe blueberries, raspberry, orange

Taste: Sweet corn syrup, orange marmalade, vanilla, soft oak tannins, subtle fruits, floral and herbal spices, hint of coconut, wild cherry and black pepper

Finish: Spiced vanilla with oak tannins, orange marmalade with just a touch of peppery heat, vanilla and spices, coconut and the oak tannin bitterness

Price: $50 (750ml)

Rating: 91

Bill’s Whatever Corner

Cigar City Brewing Jai Alai®

Details

An intense bouquet of tangerine and candied orange peel entice the nose while flavors of clementines, Valencia orange and subtle caramel provide counterpoint to an assertive bitterness and rich malt character. Bold hop flavor and aroma from six different hop varietals is front and center in this flavorful American IPA.

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: 70

Listen to Episode #266

Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

RTTY and FT8 Successfully Coexist In 2019 ARRL RTTY Roundup

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bH (eHam from ARRL Newsletter)

0.1 to 40MHz receiver now in space

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bI (WIA AU)

Fox-1 CubeSat model kits available

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bJ (Southgate & AMSAT)

Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/bK (AMSAT)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Open Research Institute at Hamcation

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bL (Twitter)

Wekcan - Opensource Kanban

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bM (github)

Turn a Raspberry Pi 3B+ into a PriTunl VPN

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bN (Opensource.Com)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

LHS Builds

CW Trainer

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bO (github)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook

Patrik Tast

Duraid Yahya

???? ???? ???????

Jonathan Panzica

Twitter

@yibaoren

@ham_shack

@terrylong

@TerryBondy

@SilvermanJayE

@waltdjr

@W7FGS

@ka1uln

YouTube

CubicleNate

kb8qje

John Haworth

Pat Hayes

boxun lee

Listen to Episode #265

Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Live Q&A / 2018 in Review

Participants

BX8AAD, Gene

K9KJN, Hutch

KB2YSI, Don

KC9ZMY, Don

N3JIX, Bill

KD0IJP, Steve

WA0EIR, Ted

Listen to Episode #264

This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

Contests

OK DX RTTY Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bo (OKRTTY)

Padang DX Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bp (Padang DX)

Croatian CW Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bq (9ACW)

Contests Next Weekend

RAEM Contest

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/br (RAEM)

Special Events

NASA on the Air

Source: https://lhs.fyi/nota (NASA WordPress)

Santa Claus on the Air from Romania

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bs (Southgate)

Holy-land Christianity On The Air (HOCOTA)

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bt (Southgate)

Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/bz (HOCOTA)

LHS Ham Radio Challenge

Do some mobile or portable operation. Help someone log a difficult grid square or county!

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

Distros to Try

antiX

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bu

Events

Hyperledger Global Forum

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bx (HyperLedger)

Events Next Week

SciPy 2018

Source: https://lhs.fyi/by (SciPy)

LHS Open Source Challenge

Put a project in your shiny new GitHub account (remember the last challenge?) and write some code.

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

Cheesecake Apple Fluff Salad

Ingredients

16 ounces Cream Cheese — softened*

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

16 ounces whipped topping

3-5 apples, diced

1 cup chopped nuts — walnuts or pecans

1-2 cups mini marshmallows

Directions

Place cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until smooth, then mix in sugar. Mix or stir in whipped topping until the mixture is smooth and lump-free. Add the apples, nuts, and marshmallows. Stir to coat. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 24 hours. NOTE: Philadelphia Cream Cheese makes a ready to use pre-made refrigerated cheesecake mix; this is a perfect use for that product, and would save you a chunk of time!  You can also add grapes to the salad OR drizzle it with caramel!  If you want to make it festive before serving, make a wreath on top with green M&M’s and embellish it with red ones.

Russ’s Drink Corner

TINCUP American Whiskey

Description

TINCUP is a blend of two great American whiskeys, each aged in #3 charred oak barrels. “High rye” bourbon, distilled and aged in Indiana, is blended with a small amount of Colorado single malt whiskey. These whiskeys are then cut with Rocky Mountain water. TINCUP is named for the Colorado mining pioneers and the tin cups from which they drank their whiskey.

Details

Mashbill: 64% corn, 32% rye, 4% malted barley

ABV: 42% (84 Proof)

Region: Colorado, USA

Color: Pale, slightly cloudy amber

Nose: Sweet, caramel, light fruit, toffee, caramel

Taste: Sweet, grain, apple, candied apple, cinnamon, toffee, nut bread, rye spice

Finish: Light dry tannins, raisin, apple, cinnamon, caramel

Price: $25 (750ml)

Rating: 86

Bill’s Whatever Corner

Rainier Beer

Details

ABV: 4.6%

Calories: 134 (11g carbs)

Rainier Beer brings together nature’s bounty from the great Northwest. We use golden barley to produce a beer rich in taste and texture. Fermented slowly with a pedigree yeast culture under tightly controlled conditions, Rainier comes forth with a satisfying malty flavor over a slightly fruity background, spiced with Chinook, Mt. Hood, and Willamette hop notes.

Listen to Episode #263

Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Net Neutrality Returns? Maybe.

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bv (CNet)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

Satellite Roundup from the December 3rd SpaceX Launch

Sources:

https://lhs.fyi/be

https://lhs.fyi/bf

https://lhs.fyi/bg (Southgate)

The CWOps Award for Advancing the Art of CW

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bh (Southgate)

Jeri Ellsworth AI6TK Has New YouTube Content

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bi (Youtube)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Create Your Own Open Source Adobe Cloud

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bj (ZDNet)

Open Source Software Win in Canada

Sources:  https://lhs.fyi/bk (Reddit)

Additional Info:  https://lhs.fyi/bl (Canadian Govt)

Contract for the Web

Source: https://lhs.fyi/bu

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

JS8Call 0.10.1 Released

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bn (Mailing List)

WSJT-X 2.0 is Released!

Source:  https://lhs.fyi/bm  (Princeton)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook

Eleftherios Kosmas

Kevin Murders

Twitter

@maulpasun

@maoburgos

@mskislan

@djaquay

@TimCoronel

YouTube

Larry Ables

Joe Buchhorn

Sebastian Denz

Gregory Feistel

Mailing List

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