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This Weekend in Amateur Radio (Segment 1)

Contests

BARTG HF RTTY Sprint

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5J

Louisiana QSO Party

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5K

Virgina QSO Party

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5L

Feld Hell Lephrechaun Sprint

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5M

Special Events

Cherry Blossom Festival (W4BKM)

Source: https://lhs.fyi/w4bkm

St. Patrick’s Day on the Air

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5N

Announcements

LHS Hamvention campaign on Indiegogo should be live by the weekend. Yay!

LHS Ham Radio Challenge

This Weekend in Open Source (Segment 2)

Distros to Try

Neptune

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5O

Events

LibrePlanet 2018

Source: https://libreplanet.org/2018/

This Weekend in Hedonism (Segment 3)

Cheryl’s Recipe Corner

Slow Cooker Irish Dublin Coddle

Ingredients

1 lb breakfast sausage (with sage, if possible) in smooth casings

¾ lb bacon

2 cups low-sodium beef broth

1 garlic cloves, minced

2 small onions, chopped into large chunks

1 lb potatoes or sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks

1 pound carrots (peeled and cut into chunks), optional

2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Cook bacon and sausage over medium heat until fully browned. Drain any grease.  Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker.  Stir until well combined.  Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6 hours.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Glen Moray 12

ABV: 40% (80 Proof)

Region: Speyside

Color: Pale honey yellow

Nose: Clover honey, cereal grain, cherry, malted barley.

Taste: Cream, vanilla, green herbs, light winter spice, honey.

Cost: $35 (750ml)

Rating: 82

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

HF Voyager runs into power constraints

Source:  https://www.jrfarc.org/hf-voyager-updates

DXPeditions on Easy Mode

Source:  https://www.arrl.org/news/ft8-dxpedition-mode-field-test-attracts-upward-of-500-participants

Additional Info:  https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf

Segment 3 (Open Source)

When does the Beaver get home?

Ubuntu Mate - https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta1/

Ubuntu Budgie - https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2018/03/08/18-04-release-notes

The time for Discourse

Source:  https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2018/03/08/welcome-to-discourse

Additional Info:  https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/

Picking the right license for your Open Source Project

Source:  https://choosealicense.com/

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

LHS Live Distro!

WSJT-X 1.9.0-rc2

Souce:  https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes_1.9.0.txt

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Patreons

Jon Spriggs

Steve Saner

Donald Gover

Robert Pitts

Paul Griffith

Jonas Rullo

John Zaruba, Jr.

Samuel Vimes

Steve Metcalf

Subscriptions

Michael Jopling

Steve Nickles

Todd Bowers

Thor Wiegman

Steven Harp

Charlie Brown

Kevin Murray

Wayne Carpenter

Doug Rehder

Bill Piotter

Darren King

Dillon Angle

Steven Saner*

Alan Wilson

Donald Gover*

John Clark

Michael Aiello

Robert Halliday

Brian Smith

Johnny Kinsey

Ronald Eike

Robert Yerke

Michael Connolly

Jeremy Hall

Jonas Rullo*

Facebook

Corey Kubiak

Paul Cote

Mete Taner Can

Twitter

@lucascunha1982

@ataribill

@jaw6565

@johncool555

@hamradiocanada

@chimino7777

@Badger_Fi

@marchessault1

YouTube

Jim Newman

caffrey9

Anthony Barrese

Vuyko Windows

Vit Raciunas

Mailing List

Steve, N1TUX

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Segment 1 (Main Topic)

Slow Scan Television (SSTV)

Additional Info:

https://lhs.fyi/5G (Wikipedia)

https://lhs.fyi/qsstv (QSSTV Software)

https://lhs.fyi/5F (QSSTV Manual)

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

OARS Hamfest

Mount Vernon, Missouri

March 24, 2018

8:00am to 2:00pm

K5TUX will be doing a presentation on something

Green Country Hamfest

Claremore, Oklahoma

April 13, 2018 (4pm to 9pm)

April 14, 2018 (8am to 3pm)

LHS will (likely) be there in booth CE6

Comment on Episode #211 from Taryon, KD9ILI

When studying for general I used Gordon West General Class License Study Manual and used https://lhs.fyi/5H (HamStudy.org) to test my knowledge. Taryon, KD9ILI.

Voice Mail from Ken, KB9RLW

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Segment 1 (Cheryl’s Recipe Corner)

Segment 2 (Russ’s Drink Corner)

Ardbeg 10

ABV: 46% (92 Proof)

Region: Islay

Color: Light golden yellow

Nose: Smoke, peat, sweet fruit, baker’s chocolate, menthol, black pepper, pine tar

Taste: Peat, citrus, black pepper, cinnamon, toffee, currant, plantain, coffee, anise, pine tar, spearmint, lavender

Cost: $55 (750ml)

Rating: 96

Segment 3 (LHS Weekend Challenge)

Get on your local VHF/UHF net and do some local ragchewing.

Try a new Linux distribution that you’re not familiar with.

Music

“I Will Sing a Lullabye” by Paul & Storm from the album Do You Like Star Wars?

Duration: 4:34

Release: 2010

Location: Washington, DC

Source: https://paulandstorm.com

Segment 4 (Things to do in Amateur Radio This Weekend)

Recommended Contests (Feb 24-25)

CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB: 2200Z, Feb 23 to 2200Z, Feb 25

Source: https://www.cq160.com/rules.htm

North American QSO Party, RTTY: 1800Z, Feb 24 to 0559Z, Feb 25

Source: https://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP-Rules.pdf

Recommended Contests (Mar 3-4)

ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Mar 3 to 2400Z, Mar 4

Source: https://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx

Special Event Stations of Interest

Back to Back weekends of K2BSA/5. This weekend Chandler, OK - Baden Powel Encampment. Next weekend Irving, TX - Merit Badge College.

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Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

Build an ADS-B Antenna from Garbage

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5D (Hack-a-Day)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/5E (Radio for Everyone Blog)

ARRL Announces Teachers Institutes on Wireless Technology

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5y (ARRL)

HamRadioSocietyLooks toAddMillennials

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5z (Southgate ARC)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

Open****Source RF Filters

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5A (Reddit)

Additional Info:  https://github.com/kolaCZek (GitHub)

In Light of the ARRL, FreeBSDUpdatesTheir Code of****Conduct

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5B (FreeBSD) l

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

Installing FLdigi 4.0.16 on Raspberry Pi and more?

Source: https://lhs.fyi/5C (IndyHam)

Segment 5 (Social Media Roundup)

Facebook

Joe Kochanek

Erik Grant

Jedo Frye

Roger Pereira

Robert Blair

Google+

TheMountainRN

Scott Northcutt

Art Hollingsworth (KE0CQF)

John Hiatt

Twitter

@KC0F_ham

@1RogerP

@DxZulu

@MartinA13693552

@wm6h

YouTube

John Zaruba Jr.

Eric Holmes

Gary Gifford, Jr.

Daniel Allison

Arklazak

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