Linux in the Ham Shack
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LHS Episode #598: Fake Ham Radio
Hello and welcome to the 598th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss a revived zombie satellite, tracking the next NASA moon mission as a ham, flatpak updates, KDE's birthday, ham radio in flight simulators and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #597: arcOS-Linux Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode 597 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts check out a ham-radio focused Linux distribution called arcOS. Topics include download and installation, philosophy and use cases, initial configuration and impressions, software package availability. design choices and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #596: The Weekender CXXXIV
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.
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LHS Episode #595: Toys in the Attic
Hello and welcome to the 595th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss that latest ARRL campaign to defeat HOA antenna restrictions, a new DXpedition to Bouvet Island, amateur radio in Equatorial Guinea, Hacktoberfest, a new paradigm in kernel per-CPU assignment, SkyRoof and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #594: CachyOS Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode #594 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the popular Arch-based distribution known as CachyOS. Topics include features, download and installation steps, initial configuration options, software addition and customization, performance improvements, benefits and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #593: The Weekender CXXXIII
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.
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LHS Episode #592: Arch Enemies
Hello and welcome to Episode 592 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the decommissioning of the POES satellite constellation, the Lab599 TX500MP portable field radio, the release of Debian 13, a new version of Sparky Linux and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #591: Netbird Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode #591 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts discuss Netbird, a wireguard-based VPN solution that is akin to TailScale. Topics include use cases, download and installation, basic configuration, gotchas, chaining with other VPNs and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #590: The Weekender CXXXII
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.
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LHS Episode #589: Rust Bucket
Hello and welcome to Episode #589 of Linux in the Ham Shack. in this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the return of HamTV to the ISS, AST SpaceMobile and hijacking ham radio bands, rats in the AUR, "better" flatpaks, updates to the latest Linux kernel and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #588: Remote SDR Operation Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to the 588th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss using SDR receivers from a remote location or hosting them on web enabled sites. Several options are discussed including downloading, configuration, hosting, operation, technical specifications and more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #587: The Weekender CXXXI
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.
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LHS Episode #586: Be Safe Out There
Hello and welcome to the 586th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss DX Engineering teaming up with Q5 Worldwide, Insecure Boot, Linux desktop market share, evince, JS8Call and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #585: SDR++ Brown Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode #585 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts review the SDR++ fork known as the "Brown" edition. Topics include installation, basic configuration, features and more. Focus is also on special features of the fork including audio filtering, KiwiSDR and WebSDR support and more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #584: The Weekender CXXX
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.
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LHS Episode #583: Department of Redundancy Department
Hello and welcome to the 583rd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss European countries transitioning to Linux, the upcoming hurricane season, open source CRM solution Huly, Morse Maven, DragonLog and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #582: The Haunted Band Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to the 582nd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts talk with Justin Overfelt, AB3E, about topics related to the Open Research Institute (ORI), FCC and the "haunted" 219MHz amateur radio band. It's a fascinating look into a world of licensing, history, mishandling, stagnation, weirdness and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #581: The Weekender CXXIX (Hamvention Recap)
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.
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LHS Episode #580: WE R ! AI YET
Welcome to Episode 580 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss an award for Ham2K Portable Logger, the Yaesu FTX-1, making Lego creations with AI, the end of 486 support in Linux and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #579: Commodore OS Vision Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to the 579th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take a look at the gaming-focused Commodore OS Vision Linux distribution. Topics include installation, configuration, features, software focus, included emulators, ham shack readiness and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #578: The Weekender CXXVIII
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.
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LHS Episode #577: Shake Your Foundations
Hello and welcome to installment 577 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss ORI and the 220MHz band, a potential shake up in US amateur radio licensing, virtual swap space in the Linux kernel, apt, OrangePi and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #576: Aurora Linux Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode #576 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts kick the tires on Aurora Linux, a distribution based on an immutable variant of Fedora 41. Topics include installation, configuration, pre-installed applications, third party repositories, the quirks of immutable distros, styling, customization and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #575: The Weekender CXXVII
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.
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LHS Episode #574: WINE Good It Is
Hello and welcome to the 574th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the upcoming YOTA summer camp in France, the new Signals Museum in Alabama, 100 years of IARU, the latest edition of WINE, a terminal app for Android and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #573: Ham2K Portable Logger Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode 573 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts talk with Sebastian Delmont, KI2D, about his Ham2K Portable Logger (PoLo) project. Topics include the code, applicable platforms, installation, configuration and use of the application. Also discussed are future upgrades, easter eggs, often missed features and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #572: The Weekender CXXVI
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.
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LHS Episode #571: Boxing Day
Hello and welcome to the 571st episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss recent upheaval at the ARRL, hacking of some DX clusters, the latest GIMP, changes at Asahi Linux, Fedora and Flatpak and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #570: RepeaterSTART Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to the 570th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we interview guest Luke Bryan, KJ7BKH, about his RepeaterSTART project. The computer and mobile app is for locating and getting information and topo data about VHF and UHF repeaters around the globe. Topics include the code base, installation, usage, contributing to the project and more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #569: The Weekender CXXV
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.
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LHS Episode #568: Virtual Music to My Ears
Hello and welcome to the 568th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the IP400 Project, HamSCI and new weather station activities, the disappearance of Tech licensees, OpenDeck, LogicalArdour and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #567: Jekyll Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode 567 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, first episode of 2025, the hosts examine using a static page generator for web site hosting called Jekyll. With the current upheaval at WordPress, many are looking for other solutions. Topics include differences in the platforms, migration considerations, installation, configuration, styling and more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #566: The Weekender CXXIV (Year-End Roundtable 2024)
It's time once again for The Weekender and our year-end wrap-up episode. 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.
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LHS Episode #565: Young Sherlock Holmes
Hello and welcome to the 565th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss Youth on the Air Month for 2024, a new version of Elementary OS, the latest release of OBS Studio, the new hotness in Manjaro and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #564: Avalonia UI Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to Episode 564 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take a preliminary in-depth look at the C#/F# UI toolkit known as Avalonia. This is a new toolkit designed to make pretty and functional graphical applications. Topics include downloading, installing, basic implementation, features and more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #563: The Weekender CXXIII
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.
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LHS Episode #562: A Little Hoarse
Hello and welcome to the 562nd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss upcoming Yaesu radios with a new DSP technology, 2024 ARRL BoD elections, the latest Linux kernel release, Automotive Grade Linux, Linux VMs in your browser and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #561: HamClock Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to the 561st episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the HamClock application. Topics include how to access, download and build the application. Then it's on to initial configuration, features, operational logic and more, including some hard to find and esoteric features that make HamClock an invaluable resource in the shack. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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LHS Episode #560: The Weekender CXXII
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.
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LHS Episode #559: Welcome to Badgerton
Hello and welcome to the 559th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss ham radio in the Internet age, ham radio during national emergencies, Sonusmix for pipewire audio routing, Meadow, Jetbrains Rider, a new version of FreeDV and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
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