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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Interview with Justin Overfelt, AB3E

Topics

Who is AB3E?

Involvement with ORI?

ORI 219 Filing (“The Haunted Band”)

FCC Licensing Shakeup

ORI Projects

How to Get Involved

Anything We Missed?

Resources

https://lhs.fyi/tk (ORI)

https://lhs.fyi/IV (ORI 219 Filing)

https://lhs.fyi/Ji (W5NYV Presentation)

https://lhs.fyi/Jj (W5NYV Presentation Slides)

https://lhs.fyi/Jk (FCC Filing)

https://lhs.fyi/Jl (Zero Retries)

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Cheryl’s Recipe Corner

Portuguese Pork

Description

I was looking for a new recipe, and this seemed interesting, so we took it for a spin last night.  Russ gave it 2-thumbs up, and said I should definitely do it for the recipe corner tonight!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1-1/2 teaspoons coarse (Kosher) salt

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon coarse ground black pepper

2 pounds pork tenderloin, cut into 1 inch medallions

2 red bell peppers, julienned

1 cup white wine

2 tablespoons lemon juice (or the juice from 1/2 lemon)

1/2 Thinly sliced lemon, for garnish (optional; read notes!)

Directions

In a bowl with lid, mix together garlic, salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil and black pepper. With a mallet, flatten the pork medallions to 1/4 inch thick. Place in the bowl with the garlic mixture, tossing to coat. Cover, and marinate 2 to 4 hours in the refrigerator. Heat the remaining oil (1 tablespoon) in a large skillet over high heat. Stir the pork for about 1 minute on each side.  Remove pork from heat, and set aside. Place red peppers, and the garlic marinade from the pork, into the skillet, and saute 2 to 5 minutes, until tender but firm. Pour white wine into the skillet, and scrape up the browned bits. Reduce heat to low, return pork to skillet, and continue cooking 10 to 15 minutes, to an internal temperature of 145F. Transfer the pork and pepper mixture to a serving platter.  Drizzle lemon juice over the pork and peppers. NOTE: If using lemon as garnish, slice 1/2 lemon into thin rounds while pork is simmering. Squeeze juice of remaining 1/2 lemon over the pork and peppers, after plating, and garnish with the lemon rounds.

Cheryl’s Mixed Drink Corner

Morangoska

Description

How about a refreshing summer-time Portuguese Cocktail?

Ingredients

6 large strawberries

3 tablespoons of sugar

8 ice cubes

50ml Vodka (or, about 1.75 ounces)

Directions

Chop strawberries in small pieces and put into cup, Mix sugar with strawberries and mash into a puree. Blend ice cubes in blender. Put strawberry-sugar puree, crushed ice, and vodka into a cocktail shaker and shake it up! Pour mixture into a nice glass and drink!

Russ’s Drink Corner

Undammed Shields River American Single Malt

Description

Shields River is one of the few remaining waterways that maintains the name given by the Corp. of Discovery, named after John Shields the expedition’s blacksmith. This limited release American Single Malt Whiskey is bottled at cask strength and very complex, with notes of leather, tobacco, caramel, vanilla, and a hint of smoke.

Details

Mashbill: 100% malted barley

Region: Billings, Montana

Proof: 120 (60% ABV)

Color: Light honeyed caramel

Nose: Cream, citrus, leather, honey, raspberry, fig

Taste: Caramel, vanilla, leather, tobacco, zesty malt, hay, mild iodine

Finish: Lingering barrel and hay notes with a hint of vanilla, wood tanin and cocoa

Price: $65 (750ml)

Rating: 91

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Cheryl’s Recipe Corner

Cajun Hasselback Chicken

Description

Hasselback Chicken has soooo many ways to prepare it. But, I was looking to change it up and this is what I came up with. It’s on our Tuesday night dinner menu, along with Garlic-Butter shrimp stuffed portabella mushrooms and Cajun-spiced rice with a creamy gumbo sauce to go on any thing that looks like it needs a sauce.

Ingredients

1-1/2 lbs chicken breast halves, boneless and skinless (about 2 halves)

4 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese, sliced into thin 1/4 inch slices

2 tablespoons cajun seasoning

1/2 cup spinach, cooked (frozen and thawed or sauteed fresh)

salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Using a sharp knife, make slits in the chicken breasts that are about 3/4 inches wide, making sure not to cut all the way down through the bottom of the chicken breast. You will have about 7 or 8 slits per chicken breast, depending on how large your chicken breasts are. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Place the spinach evenly in the slits of the chicken. Combine the breadcrumb and Cajun seasoning in a small bowl. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the chicken. Place the pepper jack slices in the slits of the chicken. Place each chicken on its own lightly greased sheet of tin foil and make a “bowl”, surrounding each chicken breast. This keeps the juices contained. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove each chicken breast from its tin foil “bowl” and place on a serving dish.

Cheryl’s Mixed Drink Corner

Rum Old Fashioned

Description

Let’s add a new twist on the classic Old Fashioned.

Ingredients

3 orange wedges

3 Luxardo maraschino cherries

1 sugar cube

3 Dashes Fee Brothers Black Walnut Bitters

2 ounces Pusser’s British Naval rum

Directions

Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice and set aside. Combine two of the orange wedges, two of the cherries, the sugar cube and the bitters in a mixing glass. Muddle the sugar cube with the other ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Add the rum and a scoop of ice to the mixing glass and stir for 40 rotations. Empty the old fashioned glass and then double-strain the cocktail into the glass and garnish with the remaining orange wedge and maraschino cherry.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Starward Single Barrel Single Malt Australian Whisky

Description

Whisky for the modern, curious drinker. Our distillery is nestled in the heart of Melbourne, Australia. Not the outback. Or a sunshine-soaked beach. Melbourne is a bustling city that celebrates unique cuisines and cultures. Here, we ditch the airs and graces and focus on flavor instead. That’s why we use red wine barrels to mature our whisky. We source all our whisky ingredients from just a day’s drive away. Then, in the wildly varied Melbourne weather, our whisky draws out its signature fruity, delicious flavor in just three short years. We call this elemental maturation and it’s why we couldn’t make our whisky anywhere else. Our Melburnian founder, David Vitale, grew up in a big Italian family. He was born and raised around a food-obsessed, flavor-forward dinner table. And he knows our whisky feels right at home at those moments spent enjoying a meal with others.

Details

Mashbill: 100% malted barley

Region: Melbourne, Australia

Proof: 110.6 (55.3% ABV)

Color: Full caramel (may be colored)

Nose: Vanilla, cherry, red grapes, blackberry, caramel

Taste: Creme broulee, blackberry, pear, honey, grappa, oak tannins

Finish: Warm and medium finish with vanilla, hints of oak, dark fruits

Price: $65 (750ml)

Rating: 90

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Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

ORI Seeks Rule Change on 219MHz Amateur Radio Band

Source: https://lhs.fyi/IV (ORI)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/Ib (FCC Filing)

FCC Proposes Shakeup of Amateur Radio Licensing

Source: https://lhs.fyi/Ie (FCC Proposal)

Segment 3 (Open Source)

A Fresh Take On Virtual Swap Space Being Pursued For The Linux Kernel

Source: https://lhs.fyi/IY (Phoronix)

APT 3.0 Unveiled: Exciting New Features and a Revamped CLI for Debian Package Management

Source: https://lhs.fyi/J0 (ColorCrossing)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/J2 (Debian)

Asahi Linux Runs into Issues with M4 Support

Source: https://lhs.fyi/J4 (Linux Magazine)

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack)

OrangePi RV2: The New Reference SBC for RISC-V Enthusiasts

Source: https://lhs.fyi/In (Boiling Steam)

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Aurora Linux

Outline

A familiar KDE desktop for people who love Fedora Kinoite. Aurora is a maintenance-free, reliable and fast operating system for everyone, stable like a Chromebook. It combines the power of Fedora and the beauty of a KDE desktop in a single, reliable and sleek package. System updates are image-based and automatic. Applications are logically separated from the system by using Flatpaks for graphical applications and brew for command line applications. Workloads for development are containerized.

Resources

Download/Info: https://lhs.fyi/I8

Starship - https://lhs.fyi/IS

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Cheryl’s Recipe Corner

Easy Focaccia

Description

Focaccia is one of those breads that is so delicious, simple and forgiving.  And, if you are feeling artistic, you can use it as a canvas for edible artwork, using green onions, garlic, carrots, red onion, roasted peppers or even edible flowers to make a picture on the top of your dough.

Ingredients

2 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling/coating the pan as well as the focaccia

1 cup warm water (75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit)

1-3 sprigs of rosemary leaves

Flaky sea salt, to taste

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the water, yeast, flour, and olive oil until a shaggy dough forms. Add the salt and mix until the dough comes together. It will be sticky. Coat the top of the dough with a thin layer of olive oil and cover with a tea towel. Place dough in a warm place and let rise for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the dough has risen, turn it out into a well-oiled enameled cast-iron braiser or baking pan. Gently stretch the dough to the edges of what you are baking it in. Be gentle and patient at this step. It may take a few tries to get the dough to that shape. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and put in a warm place to let rise in the pan for another 30 minutes. Once dough is ready, coat your hands in olive oil and gently dimple the top of the dough to create small wells with your fingers. Drizzle generously with more olive oil, rosemary, and flaky sea salt. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly golden. Remove from the oven and carefully from the pan. Slice, serve, and enjoy! Notes: When making focaccia, you can add various toppings like fresh herbs (especially rosemary, thyme, oregano), coarse sea salt, olives, cherry tomatoes, red onion, garlic, grated parmesan cheese, caramelized onions, peppers, and even a drizzle of balsamic glaze for extra flavor; remember to incorporate olive oil throughout the dough and on top before baking for that classic focaccia texture.  Key points about focaccia toppings: Herbs: Rosemary is a classic choice, but you can also add thyme, oregano, sage, or basil depending on your preference. Vegetables: Cherry tomatoes, sliced peppers, and red onion add freshness and color. Cheese: Grated parmesan cheese

Cheryl’s Mixed Drink Corner

Dogwood Punch

Description

The Dogwood is the Missouri state tree, and I anxiously await their blooming every spring.  This cocktail just says “spring” and is simple to make!

Ingredients

1 bottle sparkling rosé

3 cups strawberry lemonade

1/4 cup grenadine

1 sliced lemon

1/2 cup sliced strawberries

Mint sprigs for garnish

Directions

Mix rosé, strawberry lemonade, grenadine, lemons and strawberries together. Serve over ice and garnish with mint.

Russ’s Drink Corner

Jack Daniel’s Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey

Description

Jack Daniel’s Bonded is created from specially selected barrels for this final blend. The search was on throughout the warehouses for whiskeys with boldness and depth of color. The result is Jack Daniel’s Bonded which emerged as the distillery’s 2022 Whisky of the Year. Like all bonded whiskeys, Jack Daniel’s Bonded was produced in one distilling season, aged for a minimum of 4 years, and bottled at 50% alcohol by volume. It’s one with depth of character, offering a host of flavors that marry well. Jack Daniel’s Bonded isn’t entirely new, however, as it has been available in the global travel retail market for the past several years but is now available on store shelves everywhere.

Details

Mashbill: 80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye

Region: Lynchburg, Tennesssee

Proof: 100 (50% ABV)

Color: Dark mahogany

Nose: Caramel, cherry, oak, dried herbs, banana

Taste: Brown sugar, honey, peanuts, cooked dark fruit, dark chocolate, barrel spice

Finish: Warm baking spice, caramel, smoke

Price: $30 (750ml)

Rating: 82

Bill’s Whatever Corner

Willett Straight Rye Whiskey

Family Estate Bottled Small Batch Rye

Aged in Hand Selected White Oak for Four Years Bottled at Cask Strength

109.6 Proof (54.8%)

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Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

Call forApplications – YOTA Summer Camp France 2025

Source: https://lhs.fyi/IK (ham-yota)

IARU Celebrates Centenary 100 Years

Signals Museum Opens Doors in Huntsville

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Wine 10.3 released

Source: https://lhs.fyi/HZ (GamingOnLinux)

5 Reasons Ubuntu Is Not the Best Windows Replacement

Source: https://lhs.fyi/H- (How to Geek)

Android’s Native Linux Terminal App

Source: https://lhs.fyi/I0 (Android Police)

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APRSDroid Forked and Features Added

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

PoLo (Ham2K Portabe Logger) Deep Dive

Topics

A Little About Sebastian (KI2D)

Origin of PoLo

Licensing and code base

Platforms supported

Installation procedure

Getting started / setup

Features and options

Special features / offline access / etc?

Anything we missed or that you’d like to add?

Resources

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